While at War (2019)

Writer Miguel de Unamuno faces himself and his ideals after the 1936's military coup d'etat.

Director:

Alejandro Amenábar

Writers:

Alejandro Amenábar, Alejandro Hernández

Stars:

Karra Elejalde, Eduard Fernández, Santi Prego

2 wins & 26 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Karra Elejalde	...	Miguel de Unamuno
Eduard Fernández	...	General José Millán-Astray
Santi Prego	...	General Francisco Franco
Nathalie Poza	...	Ana Carrasco Robledo
Tito Valverde	...	General Miguel Cabanellas
Luis Bermejo	...	Nicolás Franco
Patricia López Arnaiz	...	María de Unamuno
Inma Cuevas	...	Felisa de Unamuno
Carlos Serrano-Clark	...	Salvador Vila
Luis Zahera	...	Atilano Coco
Ainhoa Santamaría	...	Enriqueta Carbonell
Mireia Rey	...	Carmen Polo y Martínez-Valdés
Luis Callejo	...	General Emilio Mola
Dafnis Balduz	...	José María Ramos
Jorge Andreu	...	Miguelín

Storyline

July 18, 1936. Salamanca, Castilla and León (center to Spain). The Spanish army declares in the city the state of war, hoping to extend it to the rest of Spain and improve the unstable situation in the country after the proclamation of the Second Republic five years ago. An aging Miguel de Unamuno, not only writer and academic teacher but one of the most recognized intellectuals in Spain, disappointed with the Republic that publicly he helped to create, supports the new revolt in the hope to clean the country of the undesirable elements for desperation of his close friends teacher Salvador and priest Atilano, creating too problems in his house where Miguel lives with his daughters María and Felisa, his housemaid Aurelia and his grandson Miguelín. At the same time that Salamanca's mayor Casto Prieto is arrested without cause apparent and his wife Ana Carrasco asks help Miguel de Unamuno, the Joint Chiefs of Staff meet to decide the strategy to take the power, where the merciless ...

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Plot Keywords:

spanish civil war | 1930s | year 1936 | general franco | riot | 

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Taglines:

Sometimes silence is the worst lie.

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Genres:

Drama | History | War

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Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

Spain Argentina

Language:

Spanish English German

Release Date:

27 September 2019 (Spain)

Also Known As:

戦争のさなかで

Filming Locations:

Salamanca, Salamanca, Castilla y León, Spain

Box Office

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$11,716,726

Company Credits

Production Co:

Mod Producciones, Movistar+, Himenóptero

Technical Specs

Runtime:

107 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Atmos

Color:

Color Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

An important part of the movie is set in the town of Salamanca, being the Main or Major Square (Plaza Mayor) widely relevant. It was actually shot in that very square, although the vegetation shown had to be added as in the moment of shooting the square had none.

User Reviews

A call to intellectuals

This is a very simple story and I think Amenabar wants to warn us about the dangers we are facing today. Our intellectuals, not only academics, are watching, without any big unrest, the rise of fascism in our countries and aren't clearly going against it. Miguel Unamuno was one of them, he thought their current regime (the republic) wasn't going good enough and he thought that these right wingers bringing some force and order could solve the problems of Spain. He even financed them! Meanwhile, he closed his eyes to the reality, despite warnings from very close friends, and all the signs around him, but then, when he woke up, it was already too late. See any resemblance to what is happening today? What are our intellectuals doing? Think about it, soon it might be too late again.