Salvador (2006 film)

2006 Spanish film

Salvador (Puig Antich)

Theatrical release poster

Directed by| Manuel Huerga
Written by| Lluís Arcarazo
Based on| Compte enrere. La història de Salvador Puig Antich
by Francesc Escribano
Produced by| Jaume Roures
Starring| Daniel Brühl
Tristán Ulloa
Leonardo Sbaraglia
Leonor Watling
Ingrid Rubio
Cinematography| David Omedes
Music by| Lluís Llach
Distributed by| Warner Bros. Pictures

Release dates

* May 2006 (2006-05) (Cannes)
* 15 September 2006 (2006-09-15) (Spain)

Running time

| 134 minutes
Countries| Spain
United Kingdom
Languages|

* Catalan
* Spanish
* French

Salvador (Puig Antich) (or Salvador) is a 2006 film directed by Manuel Huerga starring Daniel Brühl as Salvador Puig Antich. It is based on the 2001 book Compte enrere. La història de Salvador Puig Antich by Francesc Escribano, which depicts the time Puig Antich spent on death row prior to his execution by garrote (the last person to be executed by this method in Spain) in 1974, in the last rales of the Francoist dictatorship.

The film was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival.[1]

## Cast

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* Daniel Brühl as Salvador Puig Antich
* Tristán Ulloa as Oriol Arau
* Leonardo Sbaraglia as Jesús Irurre
* Leonor Watling as Cuca
* Ingrid Rubio as Margalida
* Celso Bugallo as Salvador's father
* Mercedes Sampietro as Salvador's mother
* Olalla Escribano as Imma Puig
* Carlota Olcina as Carme Puig
* Bea Segura as Montse Puig
* Andrea Ros as Merçona Puig
* Jacob Torres as Santi Soler
* Joel Joan as Oriol Solé
* Pau Derqui as Jordi Solé
* Oriol Vila as Ignasi Solé
* Raül Tortosa as Quim Puig Antich
* Biel Durán [ca] as José Luis[2]
* Aida Folch as Marian[3]
* Joaquim Climent as Policia BPS (1)[3]
* Antonio Dechent as Policia BPS (2)[3]
* Carlos Fuentes [es] as Paco[3]

## See also

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* List of Spanish films of 2006

## References

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1. ^ "Festival de Cannes: Salvador". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 16 December 2009.
2. ^ Camí-Vela, María (2007). "Manuel Huega y Salvador Puig Antich". Arizona Journal of Hispanic Cultural Studies. 11: 207. doi:10.1353/hcs.2008.0042. JSTOR 20641856.
3. ^ a b c d Camí-Vela 2007, p. 207.

## Further reading

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* Martin-Estudillo, Luis; Ampuero, Roberto (2008). Post-Authoritarian Cultures: Spain and Latin America's Southern Cone. Vanderbilt University Press. pp. 165–166\. ISBN 978-0-8265-9247-7 - via Project MUSE.
* Weissberg, Jay (May 23, 2006). "Review: 'Salvador'". Variety. Retrieved August 8, 2017.

## External links

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* The Great Swindle: 'This is not the tale of Salvador Puig Antich'
* Salvador (Puig Antich) at IMDb
* A memorial from Salvador Puig Antich versus MediaPro film (in Catalan)

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