La llum d'Elna

THE LIGHT OF HOPE / Light of Elna
Director
Sílvia Quer
Country
Spain, Switzerland
Year
2016
Genre
Drama, History, Tv Movie
Scriptwriters
Margarita Melgar
Cast
Noémie Schmidt, Nausicaa Bonnin and Natalia de Molina; Nora Navas, Blanca Romero, Pere Ponce, Isak Férriz, Pep Anton Muñoz and the international actresses Marie Fontannaz, Stephanie Schneider and Marie-Christine Friedrich
Production
Distinto Films, in coproduction with TV3, Bohemian Films, Producciones Cibeles, Radio Télévision Suisse and Televisión Española

Storyline

1942. When the Vichy’s authorities decide to close down Elna’s Maternity Home, which gives shelter to pregnant women arrived from the surrounding refugee camps, its young director, Elisabeth Eidenbenz, and her right hand woman Victoria, (a Catalan exiled whom she rescued from Argelers), will be willing to sacrifice everything to keep it running, except their own ideals.

Festivals & Academy awards and others

Málaga Film Festival 2017
Special Releases
Festival International de la Création Télévisuelle de Luchon 2017
Official Competition: Spanish Fictions

Gaudí Awards 2018
Nominated to:
- Best TV Film - Winner

Releases

Spain (31 of March 2017)