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Freedomfighters (1996)
Directed by Vicente Aranda
War, Drama, History · 2h 05m
At the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War, the nun Maria is forced to flee her convent. She takes refuge in a brothel, until it is liberated by a woman's anarchist group. Maria joins the group and eventually goes to the front. The women's group faces the problems of fighting not only the nationalists, but also factions on the left seeking to impose a more traditional military structure.
Cast
Ana Belén
Victoria Abril
Ariadna Gil
Blanca Apilánez
Loles León
Jorge Sanz
José Sancho
Joan Crosas
Antonio Dechent
Miguel Bosé
Crew
- Director
- Vicente Aranda
- Writer
- Antonio Rabinad, Vicente Aranda
- Director of Photography
- José Luis Alcaine, Juan Amorós
- Editor
- Teresa Font
Details
- Original title
- Libertarias
- Release date
- 1996-04-19
- Runtime
- 2h 05m
- Genres
- War, Drama, History
- Original language
- ES
- Spoken languages
- Spanish
- Countries
- Belgium, Italy, Spain
- Production
- Academy Pictures, Erato Films, Lolafilms