Summary In 1939, José Garcés is in French prison camp after the defeat of Spain's Republicans. To entertain and inspire his fellow prisoners, he tells the story of becoming a man in 1919, the year he realized that learning to live is the same as learning to die. His stiff and demanding father loses a fortune in German war bonds, takes a job in Caspe, and leaves José on his own in Zaragoza to finish high school while apprenticing in a pharmacy. José courts his beloved Valentina via letters, becomes intimate with Isabel, a maid he meets in a cinema who shares his ideas of free love, and comes under the influence of El Checa, an anarchist and gentle teacher who leads a doomed revolt. View more details
Directed : Antonio José Betancor
Written : Javier Moro Antonio José Betancor Carlos Escobedo
Stars : Miguel Molina Cristina Marsillach Walter Vidarte Saturno Cerra
Genres : Drama Romance
Release date : Aug 28, 1983
Countries of origin : Spain
Language : Spanish
Filming locations : Guadalajara, Castilla-La Mancha, Spain
Production companies : Radio Televisión Española (RTVE) Ofelia Films Escobedo
Summary In 1939, José Garcés is in French prison camp after the defeat of Spain's Republicans. To entertain and inspire his fellow prisoners, he tells the story of becoming a man in 1919, the year he realized that learning to live is the same as learning to die. His stiff and demanding father loses a fortune in German war bonds, takes a job in Caspe, and leaves José on his own in Zaragoza to finish high school while apprenticing in a pharmacy. José courts his beloved Valentina via letters, becomes intimate with Isabel, a maid he meets in a cinema who shares his ideas of free love, and comes under the influence of El Checa, an anarchist and gentle teacher who leads a doomed revolt. View more details
Genres : Drama Romance
Release date : Aug 28, 1983
Countries of origin : Spain
Language : Spanish
Filming locations : Guadalajara, Castilla-La Mancha, Spain
Production companies : Radio Televisión Española (RTVE) Ofelia Films Escobedo
