Cardelinas

Cardelinas

2020 · ★ 10.0 · Drama, History

August 1936. After being separated from her family by the Falangists, Concha Monrás spends her last days in a prison cell. With her young cellmate Adela, she reconstructs her relationship with Ramón Acín and remembers his life as an artist, a pedagogue and a man.

Directed by Tomás Generelo · Written by Maite Abaurre

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