It reminded us how beautiful life can be, but also how cruel the reality of living in a world ruled by politics could affect a child. The film centres on moncho manuel lozano and his comingofage. Life gets very tough for them since they cannot compete any longer with cinema. Nominada a mejor pelicula criticas profesionales 3. Fernando fernan gomez, manuel lozano, jose luis cuerda. This is a very good film for a spanish language class learning about 20th c spain and the days before the war broke out. The film centers on moncho manuel lozano and his comingofage experience in galicia in 1936. While the story centres on monchos ordinary comingofage experiences, tensions related to the looming spanish civil war periodically interrupt monchos personal growth and daily life. The boy, moncho, is frightened about starting school, and it is up to the. Subtitles of different languages may be downloaded for free as a. The directors comentary included in the dvd is quite interesting and i do recommend that you see it as well.
Born in 1990, manuel lozano started his acting career like many other child actors, making some commercials. In spite of his authoritarian appearance, the schoolmaster proves to be a kind, freethinking republican who teaches moncho the virtues of being good. He later appeared in a sequel of santiago seguras torrente series, torrente 3. The internet movie script database imsdb the webs largest movie script resource. Another good film about lost innocence in the spanish civil war. Pais espana directorjose luis cuerda guion rafael azcona, jose luis cuerda, manuel rivas novela. The film is often described as a comingofage film, as the main character, moncho. Moncho manuel lozano has just recovered from a long ilness and is nervous about being sent to school, where he has heard that the teachers hit. Manuel rivas musica alejandro amenabar fotografia javier salmones. Moncho manuel lozano has just recovered from a long ilness and is nervous about being sent to school, where he has heard that the teachers hit their students. This film offers an ample supply of the types of charming scenes commonly found in comingofage movies, such as curious kids spying on adults and learning about courtship. Feb 05, 2008 las mejores peliculas sobre educacion duration. The boy is soon spending much of his time with the elderly gregorio in the galician countryside, admiring such wonders of nature as the tongue of a butterfly.
The movie tells the story of a family of comedians that work in the towns of spain during the 40s and 50s. This film offers an ample supply of the types of charming scenes commonly found in comingofage movies, such as curious. Pais espana director jose luis cuerda guion rafael azcona, jose luis cuerda, manuel rivas novela. It shows us how the forces of fear, violence, and betrayal can profoundly alter even the. Cuerda does this by exhibiting the contrast between the 19311936 republic and the dictatorships that ruled the country just before and after the. Deceit at first sight whole movie with subtitles duration. Visitors of subtitlesbank have given a rating of 7. Best adapted screenplay mejor guion adaptado rafael azcona jose luis cuerda. But that does not really sum up what i feel like about it. The heartwarming story of the relationship that develops between a shy young boy and his kind teacher in 1936 spain. The film centres on moncho and his comingofage experience in galicia in 1936.
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