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A Time for Defiance
1998 Spanish film From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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A Time for Defiance (Spanish: La hora de los valientes; lit. 'The Hour of the Brave') is a 1997 Spanish war drama film directed by Antonio Mercero about the Spanish Civil War. It stars Gabino Diego and Leonor Watling alongside Luis Cuenca and Adriana Ozores.
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Plot
In Madrid, during the bombing of November 1936, in the Spanish Civil War, the Republican Government decided on the evacuation of paintings from the Prado Museum. Manuel, a 28-year-old security guard, finds a self-portrait of Goya abandoned in one corner. He hides the painting and flees the bombing of his house.
Cast
- Gabino Diego as Manuel[1]
- Leonor Watling as Carmen[2]
- Adriana Ozores as Flora[2]
- Luis Cuenca as Melquíades[2]
- Héctor Colomé as Lucas[3]
- Ramón Agirre as Gerardo[2]
- Aten Soria as Filo[2]
- Javier Bódalo as Pepito[4]
- Juan José Otegui as Profesor Miralles[2]
- José María Pou as Heliodoro[3]
- Txema Blasco as Cuñado del profesor[2]
- Ramón Langa[5]
Release
The film was theatrically released in Spain on 18 December 1998.[2] It was also entered into the 21st Moscow International Film Festival where it won the Special Silver St. George.[6]
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