La hora de los valientes
A Time for Defiance (, literally The Hour of the Brave) is a 1998 Spanish war drama film directed by Antonio Mercero about the Spanish Civil War. Adriana Ozores won a Goya Award as Best Supporting Actress. It was also entered into the 21st Moscow International Film Festival where it won the Special Silver St. George.
Plot
In Madrid, during the bombing of November 1936, in the Spanish Civil War, the Republican Government decided on the evacuation of paintings from the Prado Museum. Manuel (played by Gabino Diego), a 28-year-old security guard, finds a self-portrait of Goya abandoned in one corner. He hides the painting and flees the bombing of his house.
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| author | Antonio Mercero Horacio Valcárcel |
|---|---|
| award | Goya Award for Best Supporting Actress |
| contentLocation | Madrid |
| director | Antonio Mercero |
| editor | José María Biurrún |
| events | Spanish Civil War |
| genre | drama |
| keywords | abandon bomb civil war goya paint prado museum security guard |
| musicBy | Bingen Mendizábal |
| producer | Enrique Cerezo |
| publisher | Sogecine film |
| theme | war |