Soldiers of Salamina (film)
The Soldiers of Salamis (Spanish: Soldados de Salamina) is a 2003 Spanish film directed by David Trueba, based on the book by Javier Cercas. Starring Ariadna Gil and Ramón Fontserè, the film was nominated for eight Goya Awards in 2004, and won the award for Best Cinematography. It was also screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2003 Cannes Film Festival.[1] The exteriors of the film were shot in Girona, (Spain).
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| Directed by | David Trueba |
| Written by | Javier Cercas (novel) David Trueba |
| Starring | Ariadna Gil Ramón Fontserè |
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Running time | 119 minutes |
| Country | Spain |
| Language | Spanish / Catalan / French |
Plot
A novelist (Gil) who has abandoned her writing career tracks down the details of a true story from the last days of the Spanish Civil War. The writer and Falangist Rafael Sánchez Mazas (Fontserè) faced a firing squad along with fifty other prisoners, but managed to escape into the woods. A Republican soldier, apparently one of those searching the area for the escaped prisoner, found him but allowed him to escape. The novelist pieces together the fragments of the story, plagued by contradictions and mysterious characters, and comes to realize that her search for the truth is a personal quest of self-discovery.
Cast
- Ariadna Gil - Lola
- Ramon Fontserè - Rafael Sánchez Mazas
- Joan Dalmau - Miralles
- María Botto - Conchi
- Diego Luna - Gastón
- Alberto Ferreiro - Joven miliciano
- Luis Cuenca - Padre de Lola
- Lluís Villanueva - Miquel Aguirre (as Lluís X. Villanueva)
- Julio Manrique - Pere Figueras
- Ivan Massagué - Quim Figueras (20 años)
- Bruno Bergonzini - Daniel Angelats (20 años)
- Joaquín Notario - Capitán Collell
- Merche Mar - Luz
- Eric Caravaca - Camarero Dijon
- Vahina Giocante - Assistante Social Dijon
References
- "Festival de Cannes: Soldiers of Salamina". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 2009-11-08.