Soldiers of Salamina (film)

Soldados de Salamina
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	David Trueba
Screenplay by	David Trueba
Based on	Soldados de Salamima by Javier Cercas
Produced by	Andres Vicente Gomez
Starring	Ariadna Gil
Cinematography	Javier Aguirresarobe
Edited by	David Trueba
Release date	2003 (2003)
Running time	119 minutes
Country	Spain
Language	Spanish / Catalan / French

The Soldiers of Salamis (Spanish: Soldados de Salamina) is a 2003 Spanish film written, directed and edited by David Trueba, based on the book by Javier Cercas. Starring Ariadna Gil and , the film was nominated for eight Goya Awards in 2004, and won the award for Best Cinematography. It was also screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2003 Cannes Film Festival.^[1] The exteriors of the film were shot in Girona, (Spain).

Plot[]

A novelist (Gil) who has abandoned her writing career tracks down the details of a true story from the last days of the Spanish Civil War. The writer and Falangist Rafael Sánchez Mazas (Fontserè) faced a firing squad along with fifty other prisoners, but managed to escape into the woods. A Republican soldier, apparently one of those searching the area for the escaped prisoner, found him but allowed him to escape. The novelist pieces together the fragments of the story, plagued by contradictions and mysterious characters, and comes to realize that her search for the truth is a personal quest of self-discovery.

Cast[]

• Ariadna Gil - Lola
• - Rafael Sánchez Mazas
• - Miralles
• María Botto - Conchi
• Diego Luna - Gastón
• - Joven miliciano
• Luis Cuenca - Padre de Lola
• - Miquel Aguirre (as Lluís X. Villanueva)
• - Pere Figueras
• Ivan Massagué - Quim Figueras (20 años)
• - Daniel Angelats (20 años)
• - Capitán Collell
• - Luz
• Eric Caravaca - Camarero Dijon
• Vahina Giocante - Assistante Social Dijon

See also[]

• List of Spanish films of 2003

References[]

External links[]

• Soldados de Salamina at IMDb
• Soldiers of Salamina at Rotten Tomatoes

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