A Time for Defiance
| La hora de los valientes | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Antonio Mercero |
| Written by | Antonio Mercero |
| Produced by | Enrique Cerezo |
| Starring | Gabino Diego Leonor Watling Adriana Ozores Luis Cuenca |
| Cinematography | Jaume Peracaula |
| Edited by | José María Biurrún |
| Music by | Bingen Mendizábal |
| Distributed by | Sogecine film |
Release date |
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Running time | 124 minutes |
| Country | Spain |
| Language | Spanish |
A Time for Defiance (Spanish: La hora de los valientes, literally The Hour of the Brave) is a 1998 Spanish war drama film directed by Antonio Mercero about the Spanish Civil War. Adriana Ozores won a Goya Award as Best Supporting Actress. It was also entered into the 21st Moscow International Film Festival where it won the Special Silver St. George.[1]
Plot[]
In Madrid, during the bombing of November 1936, in the Spanish Civil War, the Republican Government decided on the evacuation of paintings from the Prado Museum. Manuel (played by Gabino Diego), a 28-year-old security guard, finds a self-portrait of Goya abandoned in one corner. He hides the painting and flees the bombing of his house.
Cast[]
- Gabino Diego as Manuel
- Leonor Watling as Carmen
- Adriana Ozores as Flora
- Luis Cuenca as Melquíades
- as Lucas
- as Portero
- as Filo
- as Professor Miralles
- Josep Maria Pou as Heliodoro (as José María Pou)
- as Cuñado Professor
- as Director Bellas Artes
References[]
- ^ "21st Moscow International Film Festival (1999)". MIFF. Archived from the original on 2013-03-22. Retrieved 2013-03-23.
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