TY  - ADVS
AU  - Cuerda,José Luis
AU  - Azcona,Rafael
AU  - Méndez Borra,Alberto
AU  - Verdú,Maribel
AU  - Príncep,Roger
AU  - Escolar,Irene
AU  - Arévalo,Raúl
AU  - Cámara,Javier
TI  - Los girasoles ciegos : [The blind sunflowers] 
PY  - 2009///
CY  - [Madrid]
PB  - Sogepaq
KW  - Families
KW  - Spain
KW  - Drama
KW  - Mothers and sons
KW  - World War, 1939-1945
KW  - Government, Resistance to
KW  - History
KW  - 20th century
KW  - lcgft
KW  - Feature films
KW  - Fiction films
N1  - Based on the novel of the same title by Alberto Méndez; Script by Rafael Azcona, Jose Luis Cuerda ; author Alberto Méndez; Maribel Verdú, Javier Cámara, Raúl Arévalo, Roger Princep, Irene Escolar
N2  - In Ourense Spain, trainee priest Salvador returns from the war in 1940, with some of his beliefs in tatters. He returns to the seminary, working as a teacher. One of his pupils is Lorenzo, whose father Ricardo, a fervent Republican, has gone into hiding in the family home aided by his wife Elena. Believing Elena to be a widow, Salvador clumsily begins to woo her, while puzzling over the contradictory remarks Lorenzo constantly makes. Lorenzo's older sister Elenita is pregnant, and she and her republican boyfriend Lalo attempt to run away and find freedom in Portugal. Salvador brings his suspicions to the attention of the rector, as Lorenzo, unable to lie successfully, is stripped of his innocence--and his father--by a war that he does not understand
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