Guernica (2016 film)

Guernica
Directed by Koldo Serra
Produced by
  • José Alba
  • Daniel Dreifuss
Screenplay by
  • Barney Cohen
  • Carlos Clavijo
Story by
  • Barney Cohen
  • Carlos Clavijo
  • José Alba
  • Daniel Dreifuss
Starring
Music by Fernando Velázquez
Cinematography Unax Mendia
Edited by Jose Manuel Jiménez
Production
company
  • Pecado Films
  • Travis Producciones
  • Sayaka Producciones
Distributed by
Release date
  • 26 April 2016 (2016-04-26) (Málaga)
  • 9 September 2016 (2016-09-09) (Spain)
Running time
 110 minutes
Country
  • Spain
  • United States
Language
  • English
  • German
  • Basque
Budget €6 million[1]

Guernica (Spanish/Basque: Gernika) is a 2016 Spanish-American war romance drama film directed by Koldo Serra, starring James D'Arcy, María Valverde and Jack Davenport. It is the first ever feature-length film made about the 1937 bombing of Guernica.[1]

The film centres on an American journalist (D'Arcy) covering the Spanish Civil War and the bombing of Guernica who falls in love with a censor (Valverde) for the Spanish Republican government. The journalist's character is loosely based on George Steer, the British reporter who covered the war and bombing for the UK media, as well as Ernest Hemingway and Robert Capa.[1][2]

Cast

Production

Filming took place in the summer of 2015 in and around Bilbao.[2]

Release

The film premiered at the Málaga Film Festival on 26 April 2016, the 79th anniversary of the bombing of Guernica.[3]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 Fotheringham, Alasdair (30 May 2015). "Gernika: New film pays homage to civilian suffering over town that was brutally bombed during Spanish Civil War". The Independent. Retrieved 9 April 2017.
  2. 1 2 Thorpe, Vanessa (8 November 2015). "Reporter who told world of Guernica atrocity and inspired Picasso is hero of new film". The Guardian. Retrieved 9 April 2017.
  3. ↑ Jones, Jessica (26 April 2016). "Guernica film premieres on 79th anniversary of bombings". The Local. Retrieved 9 April 2017.
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