By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4 cats
Director: José Luis Cuerda
Starring: Javier Cámara | Maribel Verdú | Raul Arevalo
Original language title: Los Girasoles Ciegos
Country: spain
Year: 2008
Running time: 98
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1103192/
Beth Curran says: “Maribel Verdu (Y TU MAMÁ TAMBIÉN; PAN’S LABYRINTH) is a tour de force in this drama set in Spain during the 40’s, a few years after the end of the Civil War. Her husband, a republican, has been in hiding in a secret room for 4 years and her daughter is pregnant and determined to escape with her boyfriend. Meanwhile, at her young son’s Catholic school, she draws the attention of a young candidate-priest, newly returned from service in the army and now her son’s teacher. The priest’s obsession grows, and in turn so does the woman’s attempts to keep her family’s secret. 4 cats ”