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2023 · Spain

The Teacher Who Promised the Sea

Tonight at a glance

Runtime
105 min
Language
Spanish
Country
Spain

Why tonight?

  • Under two hours — there is still an evening on the other side of it.
  • In Spanish — subtitles on.

The story

The buried memories of the Spanish Civil War are unearthed as a woman searches for the remains of her grandfather's father and discovers the story of an idealistic young teacher from Tarragona.

  • based on novel or book
  • professor
  • biography
  • teacher
  • school teacher
  • schoolteacher
  • 1930s
  • teaching children

The look

A few frames, chosen rather than collected.

The bill

Written
Albert Val

Production

Rating
7.8 / 10 · 149 ratings
Studio
Minoria Absoluta, Lastor Media, Mestres Films

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