Salvador (2006 film)

{{Infobox film

| name = Salvador (Puig Antich)

| based_on = {{Based on|Compte enrere. La història de Salvador Puig Antich|Francesc Escribano}}

| image = Salvador (puig antich) theatrical poster.jpg

| caption = Theatrical release poster

| director = Manuel Huerga

| writer = Lluís Arcarazo

| starring = Daniel Brühl
Tristán Ulloa
Leonardo Sbaraglia
Leonor Watling
Ingrid Rubio

| producer = Jaume Roures

| music = Lluís Llach

| cinematography = David Omedes

| editing =

| distributor = Warner Bros. Pictures

| budget =

| released = {{Film date|2006|05||Cannes|2006|09|15|Spain|df=y}}

| runtime = 134 minutes

| country = Spain
United Kingdom

| language = {{ubl|Catalan|Spanish|French}}

}}

Salvador (Puig Antich) (or Salvador) is a 2006 film directed by Manuel Huerga starring Daniel Brühl as Salvador Puig Antich. It is based on the 2001 book {{lang|es|Compte enrere. La història de Salvador Puig Antich}} by Francesc Escribano, which depicts the time Puig Antich spent on death row prior to his execution by garrote (the last person to be executed by this method in Spain) in 1974, in the last rales of the Francoist dictatorship.

The film was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival.{{cite web |url=http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/ficheFilm/id/4359766/year/2006.html |title=Festival de Cannes: Salvador |access-date=2009-12-16|work=festival-cannes.com}}

Cast

{{Cast listing|

Daniel Brühl as Salvador Puig Antich
Tristán Ulloa as Oriol Arau
Leonardo Sbaraglia as Jesús Irurre
Leonor Watling as Cuca
Ingrid Rubio as Margalida
Celso Bugallo as Salvador's father
Mercedes Sampietro as Salvador's mother
Olalla Escribano as Imma Puig
Carlota Olcina as Carme Puig
Bea Segura as Montse Puig
Andrea Ros as Merçona Puig
Jacob Torres as Santi Soler
Joel Joan as Oriol Solé
Pau Derqui as Jordi Solé
Oriol Vila as Ignasi Solé
Raül Tortosa as Quim Puig Antich
{{ill|Biel Durán|ca}} as José Luis{{Cite journal|page=207|volume=11|year=2007|issn=|journal=Arizona Journal of Hispanic Cultural Studies|first=María|last=Camí-Vela|title=Manuel Huega y Salvador Puig Antich|doi=10.1353/hcs.2008.0042 |jstor=20641856}}
Aida Folch as Marian{{Sfn|Camí-Vela|2007|p=207}}
Joaquim Climent as Policia BPS (1){{Sfn|Camí-Vela|2007|p=207}}
Antonio Dechent as Policia BPS (2){{Sfn|Camí-Vela|2007|p=207}}
{{ill|Carlos Fuentes (actor)|es|lt=Carlos Fuentes}} as Paco{{Sfn|Camí-Vela|2007|p=207}}

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References

External links

[http://www.anarkismo.net/newswire.php?story_id=3362&type=opinionanalysis The Great Swindle: 'This is not the tale of Salvador Puig Antich']
{{IMDb title|id=0445691|title=Salvador (Puig Antich)}}
[http://www.salvadorpuigantich.info A memorial from Salvador Puig Antich versus MediaPro film (in Catalan)]

Category:2000s political drama films

Category:2006 films

Category:British biographical drama films

Category:2000s Catalan-language films

Category:Films about anarchism

Category:Films about bank robbery

Category:Films about capital punishment

Category:Films directed by Manuel Huerga

Category:Films set in Barcelona

Category:Films set in Spain

Category:Films set in the 1970s

Category:Films shot in Barcelona