Summary In 1939, in a French prison camp, José Garcés of the defeated Spanish Republican army raises the spirits of his fellow prisoners by telling the story of the year he was 8 years old, 1911, in a small town in northeastern Spain. He was a rascal, baffling his father, always in trouble, and in love with Valentina, a neighbor girl. On his roof top at night he sends semaphore messages to her. He writes poems. He gets them into trouble, killing her father's breeding pigeons. When the two families camp at a decaying castle, his tutor, a sympathetic priest, tells him about the most valiant men, the saints, the heroes, and the poets. Already a poet, he learns a lesson about being a hero. View more details
Directed : Antonio José Betancor
Written : Lautaro Murúa Antonio José Betancor Carlos Escobedo
Stars : Anthony Quinn Jorge Sanz Saturno Cerra Paloma Gómez
Genres : Drama
Release date : Nov 29, 1985
Countries of origin : Spain
Language : Spanish
Filming locations : Teruel, Aragón, Spain
Production companies : Televisión Española (TVE) Kaktus Producciones Cinematográficas Ofelia Films
Summary In 1939, in a French prison camp, José Garcés of the defeated Spanish Republican army raises the spirits of his fellow prisoners by telling the story of the year he was 8 years old, 1911, in a small town in northeastern Spain. He was a rascal, baffling his father, always in trouble, and in love with Valentina, a neighbor girl. On his roof top at night he sends semaphore messages to her. He writes poems. He gets them into trouble, killing her father's breeding pigeons. When the two families camp at a decaying castle, his tutor, a sympathetic priest, tells him about the most valiant men, the saints, the heroes, and the poets. Already a poet, he learns a lesson about being a hero. View more details
Genres : Drama
Release date : Nov 29, 1985
Countries of origin : Spain
Language : Spanish
Filming locations : Teruel, Aragón, Spain
Production companies : Televisión Española (TVE) Kaktus Producciones Cinematográficas Ofelia Films
