
Cinetrā

Cinetrā

Los girasoles ciegos (original title)
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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…
Cast: Maribel Verdú, Javier Cámara, Raúl Arévalo, Roger Príncep, José Ángel Egido, Martiño Rivas, Irene Escolar, Juan Antonio Quintana, Fernando Ransanz, David Janer, Ricardo de Barreiro, Miguel de Lira, Fanny de Castro, Carmen Losa, Mario Roldán, Santi Prego, Xosé Manuel Olveira, Íñigo Navares, Patrick Criado, Sergio Murillo
Writers: José Luis Cuerda (Screenplay), Rafael Azcona (Writer), Alberto Méndez (Novel)
Cinematographer: Hans Burmann
Production Designer: Balter Gallart
Editor: Nacho Ruiz Capillas
Sound Designer: Ricardo Steinberg, María Steinberg
Composer: Lucio Godoy
Costume Designer: Sonia Grande
Direction team: Glòria Blanes (Script Supervisor), Ignacio Gutiérrez-Solana (First Assistant Director), Nacho Fernández de Tejada (Second Assistant Director), Jorge Calatayud Blasco (Third Assistant Director)
Producers: Juan Alén, Fernando Bovaira, José Luis Cuerda
Production: Producciones Labarouta, Sogecine, Produccions A Modiño, E.O.P.C.