80
Screen Daily by Fionnuala Halligan
A complex, steady, deeply intelligent film with a chilling resonance today.
While at War (Mientras dure la guerra)
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- Spain,
- Argentina
- 2019
- · 108m
Director
Alejandro Amenábar
Cast
Karra Elejalde,
Eduard Fernández,
Santi Prego,
Nathalie Poza,
Luis Bermejo,
Tito Valverde
Genre
Drama,
History,
War
In 1936, celebrated writer Miguel de Unamuno initially supports Spain’s military uprising, believing it will restore order. As violence deepens under Franco’s emerging regime, he confronts his own complicity and moral limits. Torn between ideology and conscience, Unamuno faces the cost of silence in a nation at war with itself.
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80
Screen International by Fionnuala Halligan
A complex, steady, deeply intelligent film with a chilling resonance today.
75
The Film Stage by Jared Mobarak
This is powerful stuff that transcends time and place despite the production design being impeccably executed.
50
Variety by Dennis Harvey
This is a worthy enterprise that errs on the side of caution, carrying the slightly stale whiff of awards-bait cinema in which greatness is frequently signaled but inspiration somehow lacking.
50
The Hollywood Reporter by Jonathan Holland
Ambitious in scope, carefully crafted and featuring several fine performances ... But despite the worthy seriousness of its intentions and the parallels with the present it cleverly draws at every turn, the final impression is of dramatic opportunities left unexplored. While War’s dutiful sense of responsibility to its source material is laudable, it feels limiting.
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