The Good News / La Buena Nueva
Director: Helena Taberna
Writer: Helena Taberna, Andrés Martorell
Production: Spain, 2008
Duration: 108 minutes
Genre:
Drama
Language:
Spanish with English subtitles
Cast:
Unax Ugalde, Bárbara Goenaga, Mercedes Sampietro, Guillermo Toledo, Joseba Apaolaza, Maribel Salas, Loquillo, Gorka Aguinagalde, Klara Badiola, Magdalena Aizpurua, Iñake Irastorza, Erik Probanza, Kandido Uranga, Jabier Muguruza, Susana Gómez, Mikel Tello, Rodrigo Sáenz de Heredia
Awards:
Best Actor (Mejor actor) Unax Ugalde – Valladolid International Film Festival, Best Actor – Turia
Synopsis:
Miguel is a young priest who takes over a parish in a Socialist small town at the time of the 1936 military uprising in Spain. Since the beginning of the war, the village is occupied by the rebel forces, while numerous executions follow in wake of the occupation. In his struggle to defend the victims of political retaliation, Miguel will stand up against the hierarchy of the church and the military and will put his life at risk. His friendship with Margari, the local schoolmistress whose husband has been murdered at the outbreak of the war, becomes a haven to him. His relationship with the woman will somehow counter the young priest's disillusionment and become his only foothold along a road which he must walk on his own.
Writer: Helena Taberna, Andrés Martorell
Production: Spain, 2008
Duration: 108 minutes
Genre:
Drama
Language:
Spanish with English subtitles
Cast:
Unax Ugalde, Bárbara Goenaga, Mercedes Sampietro, Guillermo Toledo, Joseba Apaolaza, Maribel Salas, Loquillo, Gorka Aguinagalde, Klara Badiola, Magdalena Aizpurua, Iñake Irastorza, Erik Probanza, Kandido Uranga, Jabier Muguruza, Susana Gómez, Mikel Tello, Rodrigo Sáenz de Heredia
Awards:
Best Actor (Mejor actor) Unax Ugalde – Valladolid International Film Festival, Best Actor – Turia
Synopsis:
Miguel is a young priest who takes over a parish in a Socialist small town at the time of the 1936 military uprising in Spain. Since the beginning of the war, the village is occupied by the rebel forces, while numerous executions follow in wake of the occupation. In his struggle to defend the victims of political retaliation, Miguel will stand up against the hierarchy of the church and the military and will put his life at risk. His friendship with Margari, the local schoolmistress whose husband has been murdered at the outbreak of the war, becomes a haven to him. His relationship with the woman will somehow counter the young priest's disillusionment and become his only foothold along a road which he must walk on his own.
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