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Freedomfighters

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At the outset of the Spanish Civil War, pious young nun Maria (Ariadna Gil) is forced to hide in a local brothel. There, Maria befriends scrappy prostitute Charo (Loles León) and also Pilar (Ana Belén), an activist who recruits both women to become the newest members of Mujeres Libres, an anarcha-feminist group. As the Mujeres Libres march into battle, Maria -- a quiet woman used to the calm solace of the convent -- emboldens herself for the bloody chaos of the front lines.

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Audience Member This Spanish language film Hadi some great points and some not so great points. Most impressively it gave some insight into a historical events I had never learned of in school, the Spanish Civil War. It showed up folks got.caught up in with Anarchists and republicans. Also showed how statist communists were able to take over the anarcho-syndaclist movement and shortly after lead to their defeat by the government statist Republican Army. three were a couple of scenes that were internally unnecessarily graphic in terms of death and destruction and blood. there were also unnecessary sex scenes. While both sex and death were needed for the story the point could have been made and prolonged the plot without the gorey details. all in all recommend for history buffs, not for children or the squeamish, nor those who don't like subtitles as the DVD did not have an English language audio track. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/15/23 Full Review Audience Member A Spanish film about the Anarchist Revolution in Spain during the 1930's. A dramatic portrayal of the uprising following Maria who is caught between the church and the revolutionaries she meets. It drags slowly but the story is great. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/13/23 Full Review Audience Member We are gradually seeing the creation of a great collection of films about the Spanish civil war particularly from Guillermo del Torro. Unfortunately this is clearly a grade below del Torro's offerings. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/07/23 Full Review Audience Member The version I saw had laggy subtitles, but it's a very good movie. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/05/23 Full Review Audience Member tabik melantun-lantun Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 02/04/23 Full Review Audience Member his movie tells the story of the last battle that has been fought with hopes of forming a Utopian society... a libertarian communist society based on anarchy. Everyone is equal... Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/22/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis At the outset of the Spanish Civil War, pious young nun Maria (Ariadna Gil) is forced to hide in a local brothel. There, Maria befriends scrappy prostitute Charo (Loles León) and also Pilar (Ana Belén), an activist who recruits both women to become the newest members of Mujeres Libres, an anarcha-feminist group. As the Mujeres Libres march into battle, Maria -- a quiet woman used to the calm solace of the convent -- emboldens herself for the bloody chaos of the front lines.
Director
Vicente Aranda
Producer
Andrés Vicente Gómez
Screenwriter
Vicente Aranda, José Luis Guarner, Antonio Rabinad
Production Co
Lolafilms S.A.
Genre
War, History, Drama
Original Language
European Spanish
Release Date (Theaters)
Apr 19, 1996, Original
Release Date (DVD)
Dec 21, 2004
Runtime
2h 5m
Sound Mix
Surround, Dolby SR
Aspect Ratio
Scope (2.35:1), 35mm