Salvador (Puig Antich)
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Salvador (or Salvador) is a 2006
Spanish film
directed by Manuel Huerga. It is based on the Francesc Escribano book , which describes the execution of Salvador Puig Antich
, the last person executed by garrote
under the dictatorship of Francisco Franco
.
The film was screened in the Un Certain Regard
section at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival
.
2006 in film
- Highest-grossing films :Please note that following the tradition of the English-language film industry, these are the top-grossing films that were first released in the United States in 2006...
Spanish film
Cinema of Spain
The art of motion-picture making within the nation of Spain or by Spanish filmmakers abroad is collectively known as Spanish Cinema.In recent years, Spanish cinema has achieved high marks of recognition as a result of its creative and technical excellence...
directed by Manuel Huerga. It is based on the Francesc Escribano book , which describes the execution of Salvador Puig Antich
Salvador Puig Antich
Salvador Puig Antich was a Spanish anarchist, born in Barcelona, and active during the 1960s. A member of the Movimiento Ibérico de Liberación , he was executed by the Francoist regime after being tried by a military tribunal and found guilty of the death of a Guardia Civil policeman...
, the last person executed by garrote
Garrote
A garrote or garrote vil is a handheld weapon, most often referring to a ligature of chain, rope, scarf, wire or fishing line used to strangle someone....
under the dictatorship of Francisco Franco
Francisco Franco
Francisco Franco y Bahamonde was a Spanish general, dictator and head of state of Spain from October 1936 , and de facto regent of the nominally restored Kingdom of Spain from 1947 until his death in November, 1975...
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The film was screened in the Un Certain Regard
Un Certain Regard
Un Certain Regard is a section of the Cannes Film Festival's Official Selection. It is run at the Salle Debussy, parallel to the competition for the Palme d'Or.This section was introduced in 1978 by Gilles Jacob...
section at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival
2006 Cannes Film Festival
The 2006 Cannes Film Festival ran from May 17, 2006 to May 28, 2006. Twenty films from eleven countries were in competition for the Palme d'Or. The President of the Official Jury was Wong Kar-wai, the first Chinese director to preside over the jury....
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Cast
- Daniel BrühlDaniel BrühlDaniel César Martín Brühl González Domingo is a Spanish/German actor. He is best known as Daniel Brühl.-Personal life:Brühl was born in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. His father was the late German stage director Hanno Brühl and his mother was a Spanish professor. He also has a brother and a sister...
..... Salvador Puig Antich - Tristán UlloaTristán UlloaTristán Ulloa is a Spanish actor, writer, and director.He was born in Orléans to a Spanish mother and father exiled in France...
..... Oriol Arau - Leonardo SbaragliaLeonardo SbaragliaLeonardo Máximo Sbaraglia is a prominent Argentine film actor, with extensive credits in both Argentina and Spain.He has also worked in Mexico, and was cast in his first English-language role in Red Lights.-Life and work:...
..... Jesús Irurre - Leonor WatlingLeonor WatlingLeonor Elizabeth Ceballos Watling is an award-winning Spanish film actress and singer.-Early life:Watling was born in Madrid, Spain to a Spanish father and a British mother, and has three siblings, with whom she speaks English. Her father died when she was a teenager.When she was a child, she...
..... Cuca - Ingrid RubioIngrid RubioIngrid Rubio is one of the top actresses in Spanish language cinema. She won the Special Mention Awad at the 1996 San Sebastián International Film Festival for her performance in the film Taxi....
..... Margalida - Celso Bugallo ..... Salvador's father
- Mercedes SampietroMercedes SampietroMercedes Sampietro is a Spanish actress.Her debut on stages was in 1979, and in cinema, seven years later, with Jaime Chávarri's A un dios desconocido...
..... Salvador's mother - Olalla Escribano ..... Imma Puig
- Carlota Olcina ..... Carme Puig
- Bea SeguraBea SeguraBeatriz "Bea" Segura i Folch is a Spanish actress.- Filmography :- External links :* at the Internet Movie Database * at the Internet Movie Database...
..... Montse Puig - Andrea Ros ..... Merçona Puig
- Jacob Torres ..... Santi Soler
- Joel JoanJoel JoanJoel Joan is a Spanish Catalan actor, screenwriter and director.He studied drama at the Institut del Teatre de Barcelona. He created the theatre company Kràmpack in 1994 and he has been the administrator of Arriska Films since 2000....
..... Oriol Solé - Pau Derqui ..... Jordi Solé
- Oriol Vila ..... Ignasi Solé
- Raül TortosaRaül Tortosa- Films :* Cuatro Estaciones by Marcel Barrena * Salvador by Manuel Huerga - Shortfilms :* Fundido a negro .* Persuasió .* En el Mundo de Hopper ....
..... Quim Puig Antich