The Sleeping Voice
The Sleeping Voice
NR
6.8
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2011

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119m

The Sleeping Voice

Summary

Finished the Spanish Civil War in April 1939, in November 1940, while Spain is being crushed by the ruthless boot of dictator Franco, Pepita travels from rural Córdoba to Madrid to be near her sister Hortensia, who is seven months pregnant and imprisoned, haunted by the shadow of a death sentence.

Director, Writer

Benito Zambrano

Co-Writer

Carmen López Areal

Novel

Dulce Chacón

Writer

Ignacio del Moral

Reviews

t

tanty

January 28, 2014

8

Good movie with impressive performances from Inma Cuesta and María León from Dulce Chacón great story about the life of the republican women after the end of the Spanish civil war and the starting of the dictatorship of the rebel general Franco.

Media

Status:

Released

Original Language:

Spanish

Budget:

$4,000,000.00

Revenue:

$0.00

Keywords

sibling relationship
madrid, spain
death sentence
spanish civil war (1936-39)
franco regime (francoism)
pregnant woman
post war
maquis
sister sister relationship