While at War (2019)
Release Date
2019-09-27
Rating
7
Duration
108 min
Keywords
spanish civil war (1936-39) franco regime (francoism) law and ethics moral dilemma spanish second republic (1931-39) political repression college professor 1930s spanish history portrait of an artist salamanca spain military uprising famous address
Qualities
Salamanca, Spain, 1936. In the early days of the military rebellion that began the Spanish Civil War (1936-39), writer Miguel de Unamuno supports the uprising in the hope that the prevailing political chaos will end. But when the confrontation becomes bloody, Unamuno must question his initial position.
