TY - ADVS AU - Cuerda,José Luis AU - Azcona,Rafael AU - Verdú,Maribel AU - Cámara,Javier AU - Méndez Borra,Alberto ED - Sogepaq S.A., ED - Video Mercury Films, S.A., TI - Los girasoles ciegos PY - 2008///] CY - [Madrid] PB - SOGEPAQ KW - Families KW - Drama KW - Persecution KW - Priests KW - Spain KW - Mothers and sons KW - World War, 1939-1945 KW - Government, Resistance to KW - History KW - 20th century KW - Orense (Spain) KW - Fiction films KW - lcgft KW - Film adaptations KW - Feature films KW - Internet videos KW - Streaming video N1 - Originally produced as a Spanish motion picture in 2008; Based on: Los girasoles ciegos / Alberto Méndez; Cinematographer, Hans Burman; editor, Nacho Ruiz Capillas; music, Lucio Godoy; Maribel Verdú, Javier Cámara, Raúl Arévalo, Roger Princep, José Ángel Egido N2 - In Ourense, Spain, trainee priest Salvador returns from the war in 1940, with some of his beliefs in tatters. He returns to the seminary, working as a teacher. One of his pupils is Lorenzo, whose father Ricardo, a fervent Republican, has gone into hiding in the family home aided by his wife Elena. Believing Elena to be a widow, Salvador clumsily begins to woo her, while puzzling over the contradictory remarks Lorenzo constantly makes. Lorenzo's older sister Elenita is pregnant, and she and her republican boyfriend Lalo attempt to run away and find freedom in Portugal. Salvador brings his suspicions to the attention of the rector, as Lorenzo, unable to lie successfully, is stripped of his innocence--and his father--by a war that he does not understand UR - https://login.zproxy.cun.edu.co/login?url=https://www.digitaliafilmlibrary.com/film/735/ UR - https://login.zproxy.cun.edu.co/login?url=https://www.digitaliafilmlibrary.com/cover?id=735 ER -