Guernica (2016 film)

Guernica
Directed byKoldo Serra
Screenplay by
  • Barney Cohen
  • Carlos Clavijo
Story by
  • Barney Cohen
  • Carlos Clavijo
  • José Alba
  • Daniel Dreifuss
Produced by
  • José Alba
  • Daniel Dreifuss
Starring
CinematographyUnax Mendia
Edited byJose Manuel Jiménez
Music byFernando Velázquez
Production
companies
  • Pecado Films
  • Travis Producciones
  • Sayaka Producciones
Distributed by
Release dates
  • 26 April 2016 (2016-04-26) (Málaga)
  • 9 September 2016 (2016-09-09) (Spain)
Running time
110 minutes
Countries
  • Spain
  • United Kingdom
  • United States
Languages
  • English
  • German
  • Basque
  • Spanish
Budget€6 million[1]
Box office$396,764

Guernica (Spanish/Basque: Gernika) is a 2016 Spanish-British-American war romance drama film directed by Koldo Serra, starring James D'Arcy, María Valverde and Jack Davenport. It is the first feature film made about the 1937 bombing of Guernica.[1]

The film centres on an American journalist (D'Arcy) covering the Spanish Civil War and the bombing of Guernica, who falls in love with a censor (Valverde) for the Spanish Republican government. The journalist's character is loosely based on George Steer, a British reporter who covered the war and bombing for the UK media, as well as Ernest Hemingway and Robert Capa.[1][2]

Cast

Production

Filming took place in the summer of 2015 in and around Bilbao.[2]

Release

The film premiered at the Málaga Film Festival on 26 April 2016, the 79th anniversary of the bombing of Guernica.[3]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c Fotheringham, Alasdair (30 May 2015). "Gernika: New film pays homage to civilian suffering over town that was brutally bombed during Spanish Civil War". The Independent. Retrieved 9 April 2017.
  2. ^ a b Thorpe, Vanessa (8 November 2015). "Reporter who told world of Guernica atrocity and inspired Picasso is hero of new film". The Guardian. Retrieved 9 April 2017.
  3. ^ Jones, Jessica (26 April 2016). "Guernica film premieres on 79th anniversary of bombings". The Local. Retrieved 9 April 2017.


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