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Broken Silence

Broken Silence

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Status

Released

Release Date

Apr 27, 2001

Runtime

1h 50m

Genres

Drama

User Score

57%

Original Title

Silencio roto

Production Companies

Oria Films S.L.

Director

Montxo Armendáriz

Description

Winter, 1944. Lucía at 21 returns to her small village in the mountains. She again meets Manuel, a young iron-smith who helps "those in the mountain", the "maquis", the anti-Franco resistance. Lucía is attracted to Manual, because of his smile and the bravery of those men who continue fighting for their ideas, even at the cost of their own lives. When Manuel is pursued (by Franco's Civil Guard) he flees to the mountain and Lucía discovers the reality of political repression, the silence, the horror and fear.