Synopsis
Summer 1936: young unemployed communist David Carr leaves Liverpool to join the fight against fascism in Spain. He joins an international group of Militia-men and women, the POUM (Partido Obrero de Unificación Marxista). After being wounded, he goes to Barcelona, where he joins another group of fighters.
Ratings
IMDb7.5/10
Rotten Tomatoes79%
309 audience votes
Key crew
- Ken LoachDirector
- Jim AllenWriter
- George FentonOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Ian HartDavid Carr
- Rosana PastorBlanca
- Frédéric PierrotBernard
- Icíar BollaínMaite
- Tom GilroyLawrence
- Angela ClarkeKitty
- Eoin McCarthyConnor
- Suzanne MaddockKim
- Jordi DauderSalas
- Pep MolinaPepe
- Mandy WalshDot
- Miguel CabrillanaSpeaker
Stills
Themes
workerspainsolidarityrevolutionfascismspanish civil war (1936-39)anarchistfranco regime (francoism)betrayalworking class