Salvador

Salvador
Director
Manuel Huerga
Country
Spain, United kingdom
Year
2005
Genre
Fiction
Scriptwriters
Lluís Arcarazo
Cast
Daniel Brühl / Leonor Watling / Leo Sbaraglia / Celso Bugallo / Tristan Ulloa / Ingrid Rubio
Production
Mediapro
http://www.mediapro.es

Storyline

On 2 March 1974, the young militant of the Movimiento Ibérico de Liberación (Iberian Liberation Movement), Salvador Puig Antich, became the last political prisoner to be executed in Spain by the garrotte. This is his story and that of the desperate attempts of his family, colleagues and lawyers to avoid his execution.

Festivals & Academy awards and others

Festival de Cannes 2006
Un Certain Regard
Seville European Film Festival 2006

Goyas Awards 2007
Best adapted screenplay (Lluís Ascarazo)