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The Blind Sunflowers(2008)
Status: Released
Date: 2008-08-29
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69 Votes
Time: 1h 38m
Overview:
Orense, Spain, 1940, just after the end of the Civil War. Every time Elena locks the door of her home, she and her children become the faithful guardians of a sacred secret: Ricardo, her husband, their father, hides in the house, trying to avoid the brutal political persecution of the victors, who hunt, as if they were wild animals, and imprison or execute, those who have lost the bloody and tragic struggle…
Languages: Spanish.
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Spain
ProductionCompanies: 
Producciones Labarouta
Produccions A Modiño
E.O.P.C.
Movie: The Blind Sunflowers
Top 10 Billed Cast
Maribel Verdú
Elena
Javier Cámara
Ricardo
Raúl Arévalo
Salvador
Roger Príncep
Lorenzo
José Ángel Egido
Rector
Martiño Rivas
Lalo (as Martín Rivas)
Irene Escolar
Elenita
Juan Antonio Quintana
Señor Cueto
Fernando Ransanz
Director
David Janer
Falangista
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Orense, Spain, 1940, just after the end of the Civil War. Every time Elena locks the door of her home, she and her children become the faithful guardians of a sacred secret: Ricardo, her husband, their father, hides in the house, trying to avoid the brutal political persecution of the victors, who hunt, as if they were wild animals, and imprison or execute, those who have lost the bloody and tragic struggle…
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2008-08-29
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