Salvador (2006 film)

Salvador (Puig Antich)
Theatrical poster
Directed by Manuel Huerga
Produced by Jaume Roures
Written by Lluís Arcarazo
(based on a book by Francesc Escribano)
Starring Daniel Brühl
Tristán Ulloa
Leonardo Sbaraglia
Leonor Watling
Ingrid Rubio
Music by Lluís Llach
Cinematography David Omedes
Distributed by 20th Century Fox
Release date
  • 8 September 2006 (2006-09-08)
Running time
134 minutes
Country Spain
United Kingdom
Language Catalan
Spanish
French

Salvador (Puig Antich) (or Salvador) is a 2006 Spanish film directed by Manuel Huerga. It is based on the Francesc Escribano book Compte enrere. La història de Salvador Puig Antich, which depicts the time Salvador Puig Antich spent on death row prior to his execution by garrote (the last one by mean of this), under Franco's Francoist State in 1974.

The film was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival.[1]

Cast

References

  1. "Festival de Cannes: Salvador". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 2009-12-16.


Further reading

  • Martin-Estudillo, Luis; Ampuero, Roberto (2008). Post-Authoritarian Cultures: Spain and Latin America's Southern Cone. Vanderbilt University Press. pp. 165–166. ISBN 978-0-8265-9247-7 via Project MUSE.
  • Weissberg, Jay (May 23, 2006). "Review: 'Salvador'". Variety. Retrieved August 8, 2017.
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