Land and Freedom

Land and Freedom

1995 · 109 min · EN · 7.3 (310 votes)
Dir. Ken Loach · Starring Ian Hart, Rosana Pastor, Frédéric Pierrot, Icíar Bollaín, Tom Gilroy, Angela Clarke · Music George Fenton
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Summer 1936: young unemployed communist David Carr leaves Liverpool to join the fight against fascism in Spain. He joins an international group of Militia-men and women, the POUM (Partido Obrero de Unificación Marxista). After being wounded, he goes to Barcelona, where he joins another group of fighters.

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A raw, idealistic look at the Spanish Civil War, where revolutionary fervor clashes with harsh realities. It feels like a deeply personal, yet epic, struggle for belief and survival against overwhelming odds.

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