The Island of Wind (2015)

6.5/10 105 min Drama History

Overview

The first fiction feature by Spanish director Manuel Menchón reconstructs the banishment of writer and philosopher Miguel de Unamuno (1864-1936) from Bilbao to Fuerteventura by Primo de Rivera's dictatorship, as punishment for his openly dissident statements against the military regime, the King and the monarchic system.

Cast

José Luis Gómez

Unamuno

Víctor Clavijo

Don Víctor

Isabel Prinz

Doña Concha

Ana Celentano

Delfina Molina

Ciro Miró

José Castañeyra

Ruth Armas

Cala adulta

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