Salamina Soldiers ()
Directed by: David TruebaCast list: Ariadna Gil, Ramon Fontseré
Country: Spain
Year: 2003
Genres: Drama / Biographical /
Runtime: 112 min.
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Adaptation from a book by Spanish writer Javier Cercas. When the professor and writer Lola Sánchez is assigned to write a column in the newspaper about the Spanish Civil War, she researches and finds for the first time about the execution of Rafael Sánchez Mazas, who was a writer and journalist that returned to Spain from the Italy of Mussolini and founded the fascist party Spanish Falange, becoming advisor of the leader Jose Antonio Primo de Rivera. Rafael miraculously escaped from the shooting and was saved by an unknown soldier. Lola decides to write a book about the historic event and to disclose the identity of the unknown soldier.
Educational Grades: ##COMA####COMA####COMA####COMA####COMA##Secondary school, 14 to 16##COMA##Sixth form college##COMA##Further education##COMA##Further Edu, mature students##COMA##Higher Education##COMA##
Subjects: Spanish language and literature / Citizenship (Sixth Form College) / Contemporary world / History /
Topics: culture of peace, violence, political and armed conflicts. / biographies, autobiographies / human relations, psychology, sociology / human rights / film adaptation of literary or graphic work / books and writing / judicial system, prisons, death penalty / politics, political systems /
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