The (Silent) War

The (Silent) War

2019 · 123 min · ES · NR · 5.8 (56 votes)
Dir. Alfonso Cortés-Cavanillas · Starring Asier Etxeandia, Marian Álvarez, Hugo Silva, Aitor Luna, Olimpia Melinte, Imanol Arias · Music Carlos Martín Jara

When everything's silent, you can't hear your enemies

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Northern Spain, October 1944. Several groups of guerrilla fighters, former Republican soldiers exiled in France after the end of the Spanish Civil War, infiltrate the country in order to provoke a popular uprising against General Franco's dictatorship.

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A grim, tense struggle unfolds in the rugged Spanish countryside. This is a story of desperate resistance against overwhelming odds, where every shadow could hide an enemy and every act of defiance carries immense weight.

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