A dead father's war secrets, a Spanish inheritance, and a son who should've stayed curious.
Sture Lundblad was a Swedish volunteer fighter in the Spanish civil war. Sture is now dead. His son Michael has inherited a house in Spain and decides to follow the trail of his father.
Acting
Per Löfberg's restrained grief carries every frame.
Cinematography
Parched Spanish landscapes mirror emotional desolation.
Director
Saeed Asadi
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The Swedish International Brigades sent ~500 volunteers to Spain; most returned broken or not at all. Sture's silence is historically typical.
Director Saeed Asadi, Iranian-Swedish, specifically sought this obscure chapter of Nordic leftist history — his only feature before disappearing from cinema.
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