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Land and Freedom (1996)
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Sometimes the revolution is misdirected
The United States does a lot of good in the world. No one can deny that fact. But, anyone who believes in the canard that America is a believer in democracy only has to look at our government's support of the fascists in Miami, in Chile and in Franco's revolt in Spain.
For a good history of the military overthrow of the democratically elected government in Spain in 1936, the BBC put together a six-hour miniseries that shows what happened. For the American side, see the documentary "The Good Fight: The Abraham Lincoln Brigade in the Spanish Civil War." Of course, the NAZI's and Italian Fascists used the war as training for their invasion of Europe as they supported Franco's revolt.
This is a romantic story of David (Ian Hart) who joins the fight on the side of freedom against the forces of Franco and the Catholic priests, who used women as shields and abused them in their service of the rich landowners. He stays until the end even though he is disillusioned after the involvement of Stalin, which results in the breakup of the Republicans and, of course, the eventual loss of the war.
Hart (Breakfast on Pluto, A c*ck and Bull Story) was superb in his portrayal of the disillusioned freedom fighter and Rosana Pastor showed great promise as Blanca.
Director Ken Loach (McLibel, 11'09''01 - September 11 ) was honored at Cannes for this film.
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