The lives of a comics and artists group in the hard times after of Spanish Civil War.
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| Imanol Arias | ... | Jorge del Pino | |
| Lluís Homar | ... | Enrique Corgo | |
| Roger Príncep | ... | Miguel (as Roger Princep) | |
| Carmen Machi | ... | Rocío Moliner | |
| Fernando Cayo | ... | Montero | |
| Diego Martín | ... | Quiroga | |
| Oriol Vila | ... | Pastor | |
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Luis Varela | ... | Arturo |
| José Ángel Egido | ... | Don Ricardo | |
| Javi Coll | ... | Pedro | |
| Concha Hidalgo | ... | Amparo | |
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Ana Cuesta | ... | Merceditas |
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Pedro Civera | ... | Herrera |
| Francisco Merino | ... | Luciano (as Paco Merino) | |
| Lola Baldrich | ... | María | |
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Jorge and Enrique are two performers in the post Spanish Civil War times that adopt an orphan child called Miguel. With a varieties company that travels around the country, Jorge and Enrique see the horrors left by the war meanwhile the "Nationals" watch Jorge and the rest of the company suspecting that some of them collaborate with the Republicans, opposite to the Franco Regime. Written by Chockys
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Soñar forma parte del viaje. Reír...una elección [To dream is part of the travel. To laugh...an election]Certificate:
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Country:
SpainLanguage:
SpanishRelease Date:
12 March 2010 (Spain) See more »Also Known As:
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Budget:
EUR3,500,000 (estimated)Cumulative Worldwide Gross:
$2,680,966Company Credits
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Antena 3 Films, Canal+ España, Generalitat de Catalunya - Institut Català de les Indústries Culturals (ICIC) See more »
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Written by Salvador Valverde (as Valverde), Rafael de León (as Léon) and Manuel L. Quiroga (as Quiroga)
Ediciones Quiroga, S.L.
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The events of the movie are based on real stories that Emilio Aragón heard in the middle 90's during the production of Médico de familia (1995) TV series. Veteran actors who did guest appearances in the family show told experiences lived in the Francoist Regime (1939-1975) in the set about the life in these years. Aragón compiled all it later, mixing to create the plot of the movie. See more »Goofs
Miguel recognizes his mother during the projection of news (NO-DO). The first projection of NO-DO only took place the 4th of January of 1943 and the movie appears to be in 1940 or 1941. See more »Soundtracks
Ojos verdesWritten by Salvador Valverde (as Valverde), Rafael de León (as Léon) and Manuel L. Quiroga (as Quiroga)
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an artistic company across Spain. in Civil War time. humor, nostalgic show slices, innocence, fear, hope, desire of survive, a kind of martyrs figures out of rule. a bitter story. not great. but warm. good performance, authentic atmosphere and a circle between tears and smile. sure, it is only drawing of a cruel event. not a photo, not a lesson. but its delicate art to suggest, to seduce, to tell a story, real or not but realistic, the play with nostalgic crumbs and small proves of heroic resistance to pressure of a dictatorship is interesting. a film about theater like fragile gun. as delicate form of protection. like ladder for a special form of escape. a song. a show. few shadows. ingredients of bitter story.