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Mood:
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- Fighting the SystemPoliticsPolitical UnrestWorking ClassBattlesLife is a BitchRebellionSociety more...
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- DramaWarRealismPeriod
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Land and Freedom, 1995
English, Spanish, Catalan
UK, Spain, Germany, Italy
Profile of Land and Freedom
Land and Freedom can be described as thought provoking, captivating, and emotional. The plot revolves around the working class, political unrest, and rebellion. The main genres are drama, war, and period. In terms of style, Land and Freedom features realism. In approach, it is serious and realistic. The storytelling is slow paced. Land and Freedom is located in Barcelona and England. It takes place in the 1930s and in the 1990s.
Summary of Land and Freedom
Ian Hart stars as David Carr, an idealistic young member of the British Communist Party who decides to join the leftist forces fighting fascism in 1936 Spain in this drama from director Ken Loach. The story is told in long flashbacks framed by the perspective of Carr's granddaughter, who has found her recently deceased grandfather's diaries that detail his wartime experiences. Arriving in Catalonia, Carr finds his leftist splinter group, POUM, carrying outmoded weapons and sadly lacking in supplies. After tasting his first moments of combat and seeing a priest executed, Carr's enthusiasm begins to wane; at length he begins to understand the vast chasm between the "latifundistas" (the landed gentry), and the "braceros" (the landless peasants), which is the crux of the conflict. Despite engaging in a considerable amount of ideological debate over the issues that divide the forces of the left, Carr finds time to fall in love with Blanca (Rosana Pastor), an anarchist fighting alongside the men. A powerful depiction of a conflict rarely touched on by filmmakers, LAND AND FREEDOM includes a compelling analysis of the poisonous influence of Stalinism on the left, and offers a passionate and nuanced performance by Hart, memorable for his turn as John Lennon in THE HOURS AND THE TIMES.
Details
| Language: | English, Spanish, Catalan |
| Country: | UK, Spain, Germany, Italy |
| Release date: | 3 October 1995 |
| Runtime: | 109 min |
Cast and Crew
as David Carr
as Blanca
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