Octavia

10/11/2002

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2hrs 10min

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Drama

,Family

STORY

Rodrigo returns to his childhood home of Salamanca after a four-decade absence and a career as a guerrilla in Latin America, a secret agent in the Eastern Bloc and an official for an international agency. While Rodrigo may have attempted to put his past life behind him, the memory of his now deceased mother and his old-world family returns to haunt him. In an old city dominated by the weight of tradition, Rodrigo discovers a daughter about whose existence he had never known, as well as a grand-daughter, the enigmatic and beautiful Octavia. A rebellious teenager, Octavia dismisses her grandfather's old politics, possessing her own sense of what freedom means. Patino's film is a poetic, assured contemplation on the pain of returning somewhere you never really left and the accompanying ironies of a man obsessed with history who cannot face his own.

CAST & CREW

    Cast

  • Miguel Ángel Solá
  • Margarita Lozano
  • Antonia San Juan
  • Blanca Oteyza
  • Paul Naschy

    Director

  • Basilio Martín Patino

INFORMATION

    Production Companies

  • Lanterna Magica
  • Canal+ España
  • TVE

    Production Countries

  • Spain

LANGUAGES

  • Spanish