Bicycles Are for the Summer
Drama
In Madrid, the family of Don Luis, his wife Dolores and their children, Manolita and Luisito, share the daily life of the Civil War with their maid and neighbours. Despite having failed his exams, Luisito wants his father to buy him a bicycle. However, the situation forces them to delay the purchase and the delay, like the war itself, is to last much longer than expected.
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A tender, sun-drenched portrait of childhood summers interrupted by the encroaching shadows of war. It captures the quiet ache of growing up and the bittersweet realization that some seasons, and some innocence, are lost forever.
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