Wolves' Moon
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{{Infobox film
| image = Wolves' Moon poster.jpg
| caption = Theatrical release poster
| native_name = {{Infobox name module|es|Luna de lobos|nolink=yes}}
| director = Julio Sánchez Valdés
| producer = José Luis Olaizola M.
| screenplay = {{ubl|Julio Llamazares|Julio Sánchez Valdés}}
| starring = {{ubl|Santiago Ramos|Antonio Resines|Álvaro de Luna|Kiti Mánver|Fernando Vivanco}}
| based_on = {{Based on|Luna de lobos|Julio Llamazares}}
| music = {{ubl|Luis Mendo|Bernardo Fuster}}
| cinematography = Juan Molina
| editing = Teresa Font
| studio = {{ubl|Brezal PC|Julio Sánchez Valdés PC}}
| distributor = United International Pictures
| released = {{Film date|1987|05|29|df=yes}}
| country = Spain
| language = Spanish
}}
Wolves' Moon ({{langx|es|Luna de lobos|links=no}}) is a 1987 Spanish historical drama film directed by Julio Sánchez Valdés based on the novel of the same name by Julio Llamazares which stars Santiago Ramos, Antonio Resines, and Álvaro de Luna.
Plot
The plot takes place between 1937 and 1946. It tracks the dwindling fortunes of a group of Republican soldiers who retreat to the mountains between Asturias and León in northern Spain after the fall of the Front of Asturias to the Francoist faction, surviving as Maquis guerrilla fighters in the wilderness. Hunted and cornered by the Civil Guard like if they were wild animals, an escape to France is their only hope.{{Cite web|url=https://elpais.com/diario/1986/10/30/cultura/531010810_850215.html|website=El País|title=Cuatro vidas acorraladas, sin ley ni esperanza|date=30 October 1986|first=Marife|last=Moreno}}{{Cite book|first=Agustín|last=Otero|chapter=Luna de lobos (Wolves' Moon) (1987)|pages=247–248|title=The Encyclopedia of Contemporary Spanish Films|editor-first=Salvador|editor-last=Jimenez Murguía|editor-first2=Alex|editor-last2=Pinar|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield|isbn=9781442271333|year=2018}}{{Cite book|title=El impacto de la obra de Agustí Centelles en Soldados de Salamina de David Trueba y El mar de Agustí Villaronga|first=Manuel|last=Millán Jiménez|location=Valencia|year=2017|page=446|url=https://repositorioinstitucional.ceu.es/handle/10637/8527}}{{Sfn|Otero|2018|p=248}}
Cast
{{Cast listing|
- Santiago Ramos as Ramiro
- Antonio Resines as Ángel
- Álvaro de Luna as Gildo
- Kiti Mánver as María
- Fernando Vivanco{{Cite journal|url=https://raco.cat/index.php/TEM/article/view/405782/499802|journal=Temps i espais de memória. Revista digital del Memorial Democràtic|year=2022|issue=7|title=El maquis i la gran pantalla|first=Raquel|last=Martín Fuertes|page=79|issn=2339-806X}}
}}
Production
The film is based on the 1985 novel Luna de lobos by Julio Llamazares.{{Sfn|Otero|2018|p=248}} It is a Brezal PC and Julio Sánchez Valdés PC production.{{Cite book|url=https://www.madrid.org/bvirtual/BVCM002370.pdf|page=162|year=2005|publisher=Comunidad de Madrid. Consejería de Cultura y Deportes. Dirección General de Promoción Cultural|title=Cine y literatura española. Guía de largometrajes}} Shooting locations included the comarca of Riaño, in the province of León.
Release
Distributed by United International Pictures (UIP), the film was released theatrically in Spain on 29 May 1987.{{Cite web|access-date=4 November 2023|url=https://www.cervantesvirtual.com/portales/alece/registro_pelicula/?id=784|publisher=Biblioteca Virtual Miguel de Cervantes|website=Adaptaciones de la literatura española en el cine español. Referencias y bibliografía Películas|title=Luna de lobos · España 1987}}