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Moon of Wolves (1987)

Moon of Wolves (1987)

Drama
Release Date: 1987, May 28
Directors: Julio Sánchez Valdés
Countries: Spain
Production: Brezal P.C.
Cast: Álvaro de Luna, Antonio Resines, Santiago Ramos

Overview:

This is movie is about the story of the people who keep on fighting after the Spanish Civil War were officially finished. They were republicans who took shelter among the mountains (principally the mountains in the north of Spain, between Asturias and León). These people were called "maquis" and defended the thought of a Spain free of the implacable fascism of the illicit military government of General Franco, who took the power in a bloody cruel civil war. Ramiro, Santiago and Gildo are the three main characters of the movie. Santiago and Gildo got killed and eventually Ramiro decided to escape to France, bored of being isolated by the democratic governments of other countries in Europe what kept General Franco in despite of the Republican Government, elected by the Spanish people and not by the power of guns.

Keywords:

1940s 1930s spanish civil war (1936-39) post war