THE ANARCHIST'S WIFE

Summer of 1937, Madrid. Young Manuela and his daugther Paloma wander the streets of the besieged city. Her husband, Justo Álvarez Calderón, a lawyer, fights Franco in two different ways: he is the “voice of the revolution” on the radio, and a soldier in the trenches that surround Madrid.

Year: 2008
Genre: Drama
Written and directed by: Peter Sehr & Marie Noëlle
Cast: María Valverde, Juan Diego Botto, Ivana Baquero, Nina Hoss, Jean-Marc Barr, Adrià Collado, Pere Arquillué, Nathalie Grauwin, Biel Durán, Irene Montalà.
Producers: Jordi Rediu, Norbert Llaràs, Peter Sehr, Marie Noëlle, Philippe Planells.
Produced by Zip Films, P'Artisan FilmProduktion, Cine Bossiere i Rhöne-Alpes Cinema.
Runtime: 90 minutes

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Awards & Festivals:

¡Viva! Festival of Spanish & Latin American Cinema 09, UK
Audience Award
Munich Film Festival 08
Bernhard Wicki Film Award
53 Seminci Valladolid 08
Nomination “Golden Spike”
German Film Award 09, Berlin
Pre- Nomination “Best Costumes”
Pre- Nomination “Best Film Music”
Humanitas Prize 09, USA
Nomination “Best Screenplay”
EKWA Indian Ocean Film Festival 09, France
Public Award
Internationale Hofer Filmtage 08
III Festival Internazionale del Film di Roma 08, German Screenings
Rome Business Street 08
Festival des Deutschen Films in London 08
German Film Festival Ireland 08
Sundance Film Festival 09 (Spectrum), USA
59 Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlín (Berlinale 09)
CPH: PIX Copenhagen 09, Denmark
Spanish Film Festival Sydney 09, Australia
Ankara Flying Broom Film Festival 09, Turkey
Seattle International Film Festival 09, USA
Stony Brook Film Festival 09, USA
Galway Film Fleadh 2009, Ireland
Varna Film Festival “Love is folly” 09, Bulgaria
Wine Country Film Festival 09, USA
Festival Cinespaña Toulouse 09, France
Sao Paulo Film Festival 09, Brazil
Kolkata Film Festival 09, India