Salvador (2006 film)

Salvador (Puig Antich)
Theatrical poster
Directed by	Manuel Huerga
Written by	(based on a book by Francesc Escribano)
Produced by	Jaume Roures
Starring	Daniel Brühl Tristán Ulloa Leonardo Sbaraglia Leonor Watling Ingrid Rubio
Cinematography	David Omedes
Music by	Lluís Llach
Distributed by	20th Century Fox
Release date	8 September 2006 (2006-09-08)
Running time	134 minutes
Countries	Spain United Kingdom
Languages	Catalan Spanish French

Salvador (Puig Antich) (or Salvador) is a 2006 Spanish film directed by Manuel Huerga. It is based on the 2001 book Compte enrere. La història de Salvador Puig Antich, which depicts the time Salvador Puig Antich spent on death row prior to his execution by garrote (the last person to be executed by this method), under Franco's Francoist State in 1974.

The film was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival.^[1]

Cast[]

• Daniel Brühl as Salvador Puig Antich
• Tristán Ulloa as Oriol Arau
• Leonardo Sbaraglia as Jesús Irurre
• Leonor Watling as Cuca
• Ingrid Rubio as Margalida
• Celso Bugallo as Salvador's father
• Mercedes Sampietro as Salvador's mother
• as Imma Puig
• as Carme Puig
• Bea Segura as Montse Puig
• as Merçona Puig
• as Santi Soler
• Joel Joan as Oriol Solé
• as Jordi Solé
• as Ignasi Solé
• Raül Tortosa as Quim Puig Antich

References[]

Further reading[]

External links[]

• The Great Swindle: 'This is not the tale of Salvador Puig Antich'
• Salvador (Puig Antich) at IMDb
• A memorial from Salvador Puig Antich versus MediaPro film (in Catalan)

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