Land and Freedom
1995·United Kingdom·110 min.
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Earnestly talky drama focusing on idealist Liverpudlian communist David Carr (Hart), who heads to Spain in 1937 to fight against Franco's fascists. What David learns is that the Republican forces, made up of independent militia, are bitterly divided, with much infighting and betrayal from the Stalinist forces within David's own party. He falls for socialist Blanca (Rosana Pastor) and learns how terrifying and haphazard war can be (with timeout for ideological discussions). Sympathetic characters and sweeping action help to compensate for the political polemics.
DirectorKen Loach
ScreenwriterJim Allen
MusicGeorge Fenton
CinematographyBarry Ackroyd
CastIan Hart·Icíar Bollaín·Rosana Pastor·Tom Gilroy·Marc Martínez·Frédéric Pierrot·Sergi Calleja·Raffaele Cantatore·Pascal Demolon·Paul Laverty·Josep Magen·Jürgen MüllerShow all
Original titleLand and Freedom (Tierra y libertad)