The Spanish Civil War as seen through the eyes of a working-class kid from Liverpool. Ian Hart (best known for impersonating John Lennon in THE HOURS AND TIMES and BACKBEAT) plays David, an idealistic young Communist who heads for Barcelona in 1936. By fighting
alongside the Spanish Republicans, he hopes, he'll be helping to nip Fascism in the bud, but he's quickly embroiled in bitter factionalism and a brutal new brand of warfare. Director Ken Loach (RIFF-RAFF; LADYBIRD, LADYBIRD) succeeds brilliantly in rendering history as something genuine and
immediate, but he insists on refighting some very old battles here. Jim Allen's screenplay romanticizes the anarchist a...
Released:
1995
Rated:
NR
Length:
110 mins