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Salvador (2006)

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Director Manuel Huerga teams with screenwriter Lluis Arcarazo to explore the life and death of the last man executed by the garrote in this biopic following the life of leftist Spanish bank robber and revolutionary Salvador Puig. The product of a leftist bourgeois household, Salvador (Daniel Bruehl) railed against Franco's oppressive as a young student, and soon turned to bank robbery as a means of contributing to the radical labor movement. When a cop is killed during one of the robberies and

Unrated, 2 hr. 14 min.

Art House & International, Drama

Directed By: Manuel Huerga

Written By: Lluis Arcarazo, Francesc Escribano

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Lluis Arcarazo's unfocused script fails in the first half to generate enough sympathy for the charming but irresponsible protag, but then switches gears and piles on the sentiment in pure TV movie fashion once execution time approaches.

May 25, 2006 Full Review Source: Variety

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Jay Weissberg

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Where we should be caught up in the emotion of a man staring death in the face, we are marvelling at the clunky switch from Seventies crime thriller to run-of-the-mill prison melodrama.

June 14, 2008 Full Review Source: Eye for Film

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Manuel Huerga created a powerful film based on a true story, intense and emotionally involving, with a wonderful performance by Daniel Br�hl and presenting a very strong ending.

February 13, 2010

Carlos Magalh�es

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whoa...this movie was great....every scene, every shot was so interesting that i didnt even blink once or check the time...the characters were great...daniel brhl was amazing....everybody showed their emotions hhmmmm in right quantity??lol...10/10 from me

December 15, 2007

G something.....hhhmmmm ...

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