2019 · drama · historical · war
While at War
Directed by Alejandro Amenábar1h 48m2019
Salamanca, Spain, 1936. In the early days of the military rebellion that began the Spanish Civil War (1936-39), writer Miguel de Unamuno supports the uprising in the hope that the prevailing political chaos will end. But when the confrontation becomes bloody, Unamuno must question his initial position.
Our read: While at War (2019) reads as a sombre, steady, grounded drama · historical · war entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Sombre, steady, measured drama / historical, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, measured.
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