The Sleeping Voice

Original title: La voz dormida

2011
2h 8m

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7.2/10

2.7K

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Daniel Holguín, Inma Cuesta, María León, and Marc Clotet in The Sleeping Voice (2011)

Drama War

In 1940, just after the Spanish Civil War, Pepita leaves her village for the capital to be near her sister, who is in prison and pregnant. There she falls for a bourgeois who is keeping the ... Read allIn 1940, just after the Spanish Civil War, Pepita leaves her village for the capital to be near her sister, who is in prison and pregnant. There she falls for a bourgeois who is keeping the fight alive in the hills.In 1940, just after the Spanish Civil War, Pepita leaves her village for the capital to be near her sister, who is in prison and pregnant. There she falls for a bourgeois who is keeping the fight alive in the hills.

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IMDb RATING

7.2/10

2.7K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 14 wins & 17 nominations

Trivia
Based on the novel of Dulce Chacón. Despite the book is not based or inspired on real events, it makes an effort to explain the role of the women in Spain after the Spanish Civil War, not only those who fought against the Franco's dictatorship but those who supported the then-new fascist regime, and those who simply they tried to survive trapped between the two sides. In real life, the information about the women in the war and after the war is very low.

Connections
Referenced in Estrenos Críticos: La Cosa (2011)

Soundtracks
Nana de la hierbabuena
Written and Performed by Carmen Agredano

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the war after war

good performance, beautiful images. another exercise of exorcism for a culture who not only remember but has its roots in a dark period. result - a correct film about love, sacrifice, ideal, fight and personal tragedies as parts from national drama. and only sin of film is the common style. after many movies about Civil War traces, it remains one for them. sure, it is not an error maybe for the splendid acting of actresses or for the flavor of period. but , after its end, impression is the same - it would be better. because, more than an adaptation, this genre of film must be, in essence, a manifesto. in contrary case, it is only a small piece from a long chain who remember, again and again, faces of a profound crime.