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Ashes from the Sun(2008)
Status: Released
Date: 2008-05-30
57%
13 Votes
Time: 1h 36m
Some things are worth fighting.
Overview:
Environmental drama set in Asturias, Spain. A Scottish travel writer is forced to stay in a valley town in northern Spain when his camper van breaks down. There he gets to know the different inhabitants, some of them struggling to close down the nearby power station and some trying to make it more prosperous.
Languages: English, Spanish.
Countries:
Spain
ProductionCompanies: 
El Nacedón Films
Movie: Ashes from the Sun
Top 10 Billed Cast
Celso Bugallo
Federico
Gary Piquer
Paul Ferguson
Clara Segura
Cristina
Beatriz Rico
Tati
Txema Blasco
Manolo
Eduardo Antuña
Raúl
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Overview
Environmental drama set in Asturias, Spain. A Scottish travel writer is forced to stay in a valley town in northern Spain when his camper van breaks down. There he gets to know the different inhabitants, some of them struggling to close down the nearby power station and some trying to make it more prosperous.
Release Date
2008-05-30
Average
5.7
Rating:
2.9 startsTagline
Some things are worth fighting.
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