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While at War

While at War (2019)

2019-09-27 · 108 min · Rating 7.06/10 (305 votes)

Sometimes silence is the worst lie

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.

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1930s college professor famous address franco regime (francoism) law and ethics military uprising moral dilemma political repression portrait of an artist salamanca, spain spanish civil war (1936-39) spanish history spanish second republic (1931-39)

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