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The Anarchist's Wife (Spanish: La mujer del anarquista) is a 2008 Spanish-Franco-German film directed by Maria Noelle and Peter Sehr.[1] It stars María Valverde, Juan Diego Botto and Ivana Baquero.
Plot
The plot derives from the experience of a child's parents. Paloma's father, an anarchist, fought in Madrid against Francisco Franco's Nationalists during the Spanish Civil War. He was deported to a concentration camp, then fought for the French Resistance. His wife, with two young children, never gave up hope of seeing him again.
Cast
- Juan Diego Botto as Justo Álvarez Calderón[2][3]
 - María Valverde as Manuela[2]
 - Alba Barragán as Paloma (child)[2]
 - Ivana Baquero as Paloma (teenager)[2]
 - Irene Visedo as Paloma (adult)[2]
 - Nina Hoss as Lenin[3]
 - Jean-Marc Barr as Pierre[3]
 - Pere Arquillué as Jaime[3]
 - Nathalie Grauwin as Marie[3]
 - Biel Durán as Luis[3]
 - Irene Montalà as Pilar[3]
 - Adrià Collado as Francisco[3]
 - Laura Morante as Lucienne[3]
 
Release
The film screened at the Filmfest München in June 2008, winning the festival's Bernhard Wicki Prize.[4] It also screened at the 53rd Valladolid International Film Festival (Seminci) on 25 October 2008.[5] The film was theatrically released in Spain, under the title La mujer del anarquista on 23 January 2019.[3] The German title was Die Frau des Anarchisten.
References
- ↑ "Valladolid Intl. Film Festival highlights". Variety. October 17, 2008.
 - 1 2 3 4 5 Pando, Juan (20 January 2009). "De derrota en derrota". El Mundo.
 - 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Toca, Antonio (24 January 2009). "Estrenos de la semana | 23 de enero | Llega la pareja Di Caprio y Winslet". Espinof.
 - ↑ Roxborough, Scott (25 June 2008). "'Anarchist's Wife' wins Munich award". The Hollywood Reporter.
 - ↑ "María Valverde y Juan Diego Botto, matrimonio de cine". El Norte de Castilla. 26 October 2008.
 
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