The Blind Sunflowers

(2008)

★ 6.5 IMDb · 72 votes

Genres: Drama

Year: 2008

Runtime: 98 мин

Country: Spain

Director: José Luis Cuerda

Cast: Марибель Верду, Javier Cámara, Raúl Arévalo, Roger Príncep, José Ángel Egido, Martiño Rivas, Ирена Эсколар, Juan Antonio Quintana, Fernando Ransanz, David Janer

Plot

Orense, Spain, 1940, just after the end of the Civil War. Every time Elena locks the door of her home, she and her children become the faithful guardians of a sacred secret: Ricardo, her husband, their father, hides in the house, trying to avoid the brutal political persecution of the victors, who hunt, as if they were wild animals, and imprison or execute, those who have lost the bloody and tragic struggle…