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Salvador

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Spanish activist Salvador Puig Antich (Daniel Brühl) fights oppression in the 1970s but faces execution under the Franco regime.

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Jay Weissberg Variety Lluis Arcarazo's unfocused script fails in the first half to generate enough sympathy for the charming but irresponsible protag, but then switches gears and piles on the sentiment in pure TV movie fashion once execution time approaches. May 25, 2006 Full Review Amber Wilkinson Eye for Film Where we should be caught up in the emotion of a man staring death in the face, we are marvelling at the clunky switch from Seventies crime thriller to run-of-the-mill prison melodrama. Rated: 2/5 Jun 14, 2008 Full Review Read all reviews

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Audience Member I just finished watching this film...hadn't found anywhere until now. Didn't disappoint me at all. This is a 2 hr long film and you never feel it. I wanted to see it because I know of the Salvador Puig Antich case & this film you do see the reality of what happened, Bravo to Manuel Huerga & Lluis Arcarazo, great job & also to the actors the performance was great! This is a story that make laugh, get mad, get happy, get sad....without knowing you involve all of your emotions. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/21/23 Full Review Audience Member Daniel Bruhl is a decent, contemporary actor from Germany. Perhaps this story is so distant & unrelated to me, the only thing left worthwhile to see is the mood building-up, & the abrupt but interesting relationship description between Salvador (Bruhl) & the prison guard (Leonardo Sbaraglia). Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 02/04/23 Full Review Audience Member Stunning film, a great film on seeing how depraved men are. There are people here who deserve life less than the protagonist and I can see how powerful man's irrational and vengeance can be. Also, one of the few films with a visual scene of garrotting. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/31/23 Full Review Audience Member Pretty good political movie. Daniel Brühl did a very good job dealing with the Spanish language in the movie. Acting was OK though. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/06/23 Full Review Audience Member Maybe it lacks a bit of political content, a good movie otherwise. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/27/23 Full Review Audience Member worthwhile, but not great Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/28/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis Spanish activist Salvador Puig Antich (Daniel Brühl) fights oppression in the 1970s but faces execution under the Franco regime.
Director
Manuel Huerga
Producer
Jaume Roures
Screenwriter
Lluís Arcarazo
Genre
Biography, History, Drama
Original Language
Catalan
Runtime
2h 14m
Sound Mix
Dolby Digital