Finished the Spanish Civil War in April 1939, in November 1940, while Spain is being crushed by the ruthless boot of dictator Franco, Pepita travels from rural Córdoba to Madrid to be near her sister Hortensia, who is seven months pregnant and imprisoned, haunted by the shadow of a death sentence.
Inma Cuesta
Hortensia
María León
Pepita
Marc Clotet
Paulino
Daniel Holguín
Felipe
Ana Wagener
Mercedes
Susi Sánchez
Sor Serafines
Berta Ojea
La Zapatones
Lola Casamayor
Reme
Ángela Cremonte
Elvira
Finished the Spanish Civil War in April 1939, in November 1940, while Spain is being crushed by the ruthless boot of dictator Franco, Pepita travels from rural Córdoba to Madrid to be near her sister Hortensia, who is seven months pregnant and imprisoned, haunted by the shadow of a death sentence.
Good movie with impressive performances from Inma Cuesta and María León from Dulce Chacón great story about the life of the republican women after the end of the Spanish civil war and the starting of the dictatorship of the rebel general Franco.
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