The Island of Wind

The Island of Wind

2015 · 105 min · ★ 6.5 · Drama, History

The first fiction feature by Spanish director Manuel Menchón reconstructs the banishment of writer and philosopher Miguel de Unamuno (1864-1936) from Bilbao to Fuerteventura by Primo de Rivera's dictatorship, as punishment for his openly dissident statements against the military regime, the King and the monarchic system.

Directed by Manuel Menchón · Written by Dionisio Pérez

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José Luis Gómez Unamuno
Víctor Clavijo Don Víctor
Isabel Prinz Doña Concha
Ana Celentano Delfina Molina
Ciro Miró José Castañeyra
Ruth Armas Cala adulta

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Spain, April 14, 1931. The Second Republic is born. From the beginning, the writer Miguel de Unamuno is considered one of the ethical pillars of the new regime. Five years later, on December 31, 1936, a few months after the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War (1936-39), Unamuno dies at his home in Salamanca, capital of the rebel side, led by General Francisco Franco, and main center of dissemination of its propaganda apparatus.

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