Fernando Arrabal
L'arbre de Guernica
Edition 1977
110'
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1975
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War, Drama
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Dialogue:
French
Director:
Fernando Arrabal
With:
Mariangela Melato, Ron Faber, Cosimo Cinieri
The Spanish Civil War, as experienced by the town of Villa Ramiro. The local count and his Fascist nephews ally with the rebels; the count's son, indifferent to politics at the outset, later makes a choice; the town's teacher, Antonio Garcia, a pacifist, tries not to take sides but to inspire the children with ideas; a beautiful eccentric woman, Vandale, brings leadership and strength to the town; dwarfs long for equality. The fictive story of Villa Ramiro is inter-cut with archival footage of the war itself. The town is near Guernica, and the local Republicans draw inspiration from its freedom tree.
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Director
Fernando Arrabal
With
Mariangela Melato, Ron Faber, Cosimo Cinieri
Scenario
Fernando Arrabal, Francesco Cinieri
Director of Photography
Ramón F. Suárez
Editor
Renzo Lucidi
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Dialogue
French
Countries of production
Italy, France
Year
1975