He chose prison over the army. Galicia's first — and they made him pay.
With no choice, César faced leaving his family behind, quitting his job and joining the Army. In an unprecedented chain of events he became the first conscientious objector in Galicia (Spain) to be put in prison. Now, nearly thirty years later, Two Years, Four Months, A Day takes a look at what made him do it.
Direction
Directors let silence do the screaming.
Cinematography
Black and white that haunts, not decorates.
Director
Dani Cornes
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Galicia's Francoist military culture made César's refusal almost unthinkable — objectors were psychiatric cases, not citizens.
Spain's 1990 objection law arrived too late for him; he served full time while the law changed around his memory.
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