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GERNIKA (2016)
dir. Koldo Serra
Pecado Films /
Travis Producciones / Sayaka
Producciones Audiovisuales / Gernika The Movie
Screenplay Barney
Cohen & Carlos Clavijo Cobos
Based on the Story by
José Alba & Daniel Marc Dreifuss
Music Composed and Conducted by
Fernando Velázquez
Performed by Budapest
Symphony Orchestra and
Chorus
Orchestrated
by Jaime
Gutiérrez
Domínguez
Recorded and Mixed by
Marc Blanes
Matas
Music Preparation
Rubén Villar
Fernández
Music Produced
by Fernando Velázquez & Johannes
Vogel
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Synopsis:
Gernika takes place
in the Basque Country of Northern Spain during the
country’s turbulent internal struggle in the lead
up to World War II. Focused around a love story
between journalists caught in times of war, social
turmoil and competing politics, Gernika narrates
the infamous bombing of the city, which would
later inspire Picasso’s eponymous painting. Henry
(James D’Arcy), a jaded American journalist who
lives off the glory he achieved as a wunderkind
journalist during WWI, is covering the northern
front of the Spanish Civil War when he meets
Teresa (Maria Valverde). An editor of the
Republican press fighting for democracy against
the advance of Franco and his fascist forces,
Teresa finds herself courted by her boss, Vasyl
(Jack Davenport), a Russian adviser to the
Republican government, yet attracted to the
dormant idealism of Henry. The film is centrally
set in the press office, revolving around the
daily hustle and bustle of international
journalists, all trying their best to record the
true nature of events transpiring in the world
around
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