The Blind Sunflowers

The Blind Sunflowers

2008 · 98 min · ★ 6.5 · Drama

Orense, Spain, 1940, just after the end of the Civil War. Every time Elena locks the door of her home, she and her children become the faithful guardians of a sacred secret: Ricardo, her husband, their father, hides in the house, trying to avoid the brutal political persecution of the victors, who hunt, as if they were wild animals, and imprison or execute, those who have lost the bloody and tragic struggle…

Directed by José Luis Cuerda · Written by José Luis Cuerda

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Maribel Verdú Elena
Javier Cámara Ricardo
Raúl Arévalo Salvador
Roger Príncep Lorenzo
José Ángel Egido Rector
Martiño Rivas Lalo (as Martín Rivas)
Irene Escolar Elenita
Juan Antonio Quintana Señor Cueto
Fernando Ransanz Director
David Janer Falangista
Ricardo de Barreiro Fernández
Miguel de Lira Hermano

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