Concert for the Battle of El Tala

Concert for the Battle of El Tala

The saga of the unitarian martyrs

2021 · 64 min · ★ 6.4 · Music, War, Documentary, History

This is a film with music. Or about the music and texts that accompany, in a poetic way, a decisive battle between Unitarian and Federalists. The vicissitudes of the birth of a nation based on the play written by Mariano Llinás and Gabriel Chwojnik, whose images achieve some hypnotic strength.

Directed by Mariano Llinás · Written by Mariano Llinás

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