In the final days of the Spanish Civil War, a married couple of Republican refugees goes into hiding in a northern Spanish seaside town. While the wife stays there with their recently born child, the husband continues North to an uncertain future in France.
Cinematography
The sea becomes a character: vast, indifferent, beautiful.
Acting
Eulalia Montero's silence speaks entire histories.
Director
Carlos Serrano de Osma
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Director Carlos Serrano de Osma was a Communist Party member; this was his only feature before exile, making it a buried artifact of anti-Franco cinema.
The film vanished for 35 years because Francoist censors recognized its subversive core: a Republican heroine shown with dignity, not as defeated villain.
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