The Bastards' Fig Tree

Name: The Bastards' Fig Tree
Genre: Drama, Thriller, Comedy
Released: May 10, 2019
Duration: 103 min
Cast: Andrés Herrera, Carlos Areces, Jordi Sánchez, José Luis Esteban, Juanlu Escudero

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Dark Star Pictures | Release Date: May 10, 2019 | Not Rated

Starring: Andrés Herrera, Carlos Areces, Jordi Sánchez, José Luis Esteban, Juanlu Escudero, Karra Elejalde, Marcos Balgañón Santamaría, Mikel Losada, Pepa Aniorte, Ramón Barea

Summary: Near the end of the Spanish Civil War, a soldier becomes a hermit caring for a very special fig tree.

Director: Ana Murugarren

Genre(s): Drama, Thriller, Comedy

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 103 min

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Andrew Emerson

May 23, 2019

It offers a noteworthy reminder of the dangers of historical amnesia. And in so doing, it indirectly raises thought-provoking questions about the intimate, often fraught relationship between the past and present. Read full review

Noel Murray

May 10, 2019

A thin plot and a distractingly jaunty score hold The Bastards’ Fig Tree back. But for the most part, this is a thought-provoking historical fairy tale about the values — and grudges — that survive whomever’s in power. Read full review

Movie Nation Roger Moore

May 29, 2019

Murugarren, an editor turned writer-director, finally hits on a tone that suits this dark but potentially comic subject in the ensuing decades of the story. Read full review

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May 15, 2019

"The Spanish Civil War has had many a cinematic treatment: 1937's The Last Train From Madrid, 1943's For Whom The Bell Tolls (based on Hemingway's novel about the war), all the way to Guillermo del Toro's The Devil's Backbone and Pan's Labyrinth (2001 and 2006 respectively) We now have a"The Spanish Civil War has had many a cinematic treatment: 1937's The Last Train From Madrid, 1943's For Whom The Bell Tolls (based on Hemingway's novel about the war), all the way to Guillermo del Toro's The Devil's Backbone and Pan's Labyrinth (2001 and 2006 respectively) We now have a boldly creative new entry in the list in the form of The Bastards' Fig Tree (La higuera de los bastardos) starring Karra Elejalde. Holding its World Premiere at Fantastic Fest this fall, Ana Murugarren's genre-meshing masterpiece provides a fresh, magical exploration of the horrors of the War, showing both the brutality and its tendency to inspire hope and change in a broken society, a message that could be even timelier with the recent rise of the far right seemingly worldwide. Fascism has not died: it's just changed its colors." Wess Haubrich (The 401)… Expand

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