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The Anarchist's Wife (Spanish: La mujer del anarquista) is a 2008 Spanish-Franco-German film directed by Maria Noelle and Peter Sehr [de]. It stars María Valverde, Juan Diego Botto and Ivana Baquero.
Plot
The plot derives from the experience of a child's parents. Paloma's father, an anarchist, fought in Madrid against Francisco Franco's Nationalists during the Spanish Civil War. He was deported to a concentration camp, then fought for the French Resistance. His wife, with two young children, never gave up hope of seeing him again.
Cast
- Juan Diego Botto as Justo Álvarez Calderón
- María Valverde as Manuela
- Alba Barragán as Paloma (child)
- Ivana Baquero as Paloma (teenager)
- Irene Visedo as Paloma (adult)
- Nina Hoss as Lenin
- Jean-Marc Barr as Pierre
- Pere Arquillué [ca] as Jaime
- Nathalie Grauwin as Marie
- Biel Durán [es] as Luis
- Irene Montalà as Pilar
- Adrià Collado as Francisco
- Laura Morante as Lucienne
Release
The film screened at the Filmfest München in June 2008, winning the festival's Bernhard Wicki Prize. It also screened at the 53rd Valladolid International Film Festival (Seminci) on 25 October 2008. The film was theatrically released in Spain, under the title La mujer del anarquista on 23 January 2019. The German title was Die Frau des Anarchisten.
References
- "Valladolid Intl. Film Festival highlights". Variety. October 17, 2008.
- ^ Pando, Juan (20 January 2009). "De derrota en derrota". El Mundo.
- ^ Toca, Antonio (24 January 2009). "Estrenos de la semana | 23 de enero | Llega la pareja Di Caprio y Winslet". Espinof.
- Roxborough, Scott (25 June 2008). "'Anarchist's Wife' wins Munich award". The Hollywood Reporter.
- "María Valverde y Juan Diego Botto, matrimonio de cine". El Norte de Castilla. 26 October 2008.
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