Soldados de Salamina

original title:
Soldados de Salamina
other titles:
Salamina Soldiers
country / year of production:
Spain / 2003
original length:
112 min. , color
premiere:
21 March 2003
genre:
melodrama
based on:
Javier Cercas. Soldados de Salamina. Barcelona: Tusquets Editores, 2001.
director:
David Trueba
film script:
Javier Cercas , David Trueba
producer:
Andrés Vicente Gómez , Cristina Huete
cinematographer:
Javier Aguirresarobe
editor:
composer:
cast (role):
Ariadna Gil (Lola) , María Botto (Conchi) , Ramón Fontsère (Rafael Sánchez Mazas) , Joan Dalmau (Miralles) , Diego Luna (Gastón) , Ariadna Gil , María Botto , Ramón Fontsère , Joan Dalmau , Diego Luna
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plot synopsis:
Lola, a young journalist, reacts with disdain and exasperation when asked to write an article inspired by the civil war for the newspaper she works for. However, a reader's response to this article puts her on the trail of a mystery and as she learns more she becomes more and more interested in what motivated those who fought. Eventaully she discloses the secret of one of the heroes of Spanish Civil War which helps her oversome her writer`s block and the crisis of her life.
keywords:
reporter , media , civilians , post-war era
war:
Spanish Civil War (1936-1939)
literature:
remarks:
The movie is said to be the first Spanish film not to openly take sides for one of the fighting parties.
The scenes of Lola's modern life juxtaposed with those of the events she investigates accentuate the changes in Spanish society nearly seventy years later. The slow pace and detached manner of interaction used for today also seems to make a statement about how we live our lives versus the boisterous NODO footage and apparently handheld shots of the past. trueba uses the same technique as in Forrest Gump" (1994) to mix re-enacted reality and documentary footage.

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