Blood of May is a 2008

2008 in film

This is a list of all major films made in 2008.-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 USA in 2008...

 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 José Luis Garci

José Luis Garci

José Luis Garci is a producer, critic, TV presenter, writer, screenwriter and film director in Spanish cinema. He earned worldwide acclaim and his country's first Best Foreign Language Film Oscar for Begin the Beguine...

 and starring Quim Gutiérrez and Paula Echevarría. The plot is based on a novel by Benito Pérez Galdós

Benito Pérez Galdós

Benito Pérez Galdós was a Spanish realist novelist. Considered second only to Cervantes in stature, he was the leading Spanish realist novelist....

and takes place around the events of May 2 1808, when the people of Madrid rise up in rebellion against French occupation.

Plot

Year 1808. The young Gabriel Araceli (Quim Gutierrez) is working as a typesetter in a modest printing of Madrid. His girlfriend, Ines (Paula Echevarria), is a pretty orphan girl living in Aranjuez, hosted by his uncle, the evil Don Celestino Santos (Manuel Galiana). During his visit to the Royal Site to see the bride, Gabriel coincides with the historic uprising of March 19 against Godoy, whose palace is assaulted by the mob. Thinking about the girl's sake, Don Celestino consent to Inez moved to Madrid to live with their relatives also Don Mauro Requejo and sister Restituta. Gabriel, to be near his girlfriend, in response to a notice is provided as a waiter in the shop. With the help of the boy John of God, who is in love with the girl, tries to kidnap Agnes, for Don Mauro seeks nothing less than to marry her himself. And after many vicissitudes, Gabriel gets away with taking advantage Ines tumultuous reception that the people of Madrid surrenders to the new King Ferdinand VII, The Desire. They plan to flee to Cadiz, the birthplace of the boy, but times go scrambled because, under the pretext of their way to Portugal, Napoleon's troops entered Spain. I have made friends and allies, but the French soldiers are unpopular with the population of Madrid, which regards them as invaders. And on May 2 explodes the popular revolt against imperial outposts. And, incidentally, Gabriel Araceli is involved in the fierce battles taking place in the Puerta del Sol and elsewhere in Madrid

Cast

• Quim Gutiérrez - Gabriel
• Paula Echevarría - Inés
• Manuel Galiana - Don Celestino
• Enrique Villén
• Fernando Guillén
• Fernando Guillén Cuervo
• Tina Sainz
• Natalia Millán
• Carlos Larrañaga
• Lucía Jiménez - Plata
• Miguel Rellán