La hora de los valientes
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La hora de los valientes (A Time for Defiance, literally The Hour of the Brave) is a 1998
Spanish
war drama film
directed by Antonio Mercero
about the Spanish Civil War
. Adriana Ozores
won a Goya Award as Best Supporting Actress.
, during the bombing of November 1936, in the Spanish Civil War
, the Republican Government decided on the evacuation of paintings from the Prado Museum. Manuel (played by Gabino Diego
), a 28 year old security guard, finds a self-portrait of Goya abandoned in one corner. He hides the painting and flees the bombing of his house.
1998 in film
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Spanish
Spain
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war drama film
Drama film
A drama film is a film genre that depends mostly on in-depth development of realistic characters dealing with emotional themes. Dramatic themes such as alcoholism, drug addiction, infidelity, moral dilemmas, racial prejudice, religious intolerance, poverty, class divisions, violence against women...
directed by Antonio Mercero
Antonio Mercero
Antonio Mercero is a Spanish director of the series Verano azul and later Farmacia de guardia. He is best known as the director of a 1972 surrealist short horror film titled La cabina, that won an Emmy Award...
about the Spanish Civil War
Spanish Civil War
The Spanish Civil WarAlso known as The Crusade among Nationalists, the Fourth Carlist War among Carlists, and The Rebellion or Uprising among Republicans. was a major conflict fought in Spain from 17 July 1936 to 1 April 1939...
. Adriana Ozores
Adriana Ozores
-Biography:Daughter of the actor José Luis, who died when she was 9 years old. Niece of the actor Antonio Ozores and the director Mariano Ozores and cousin of the actress Emma Ozores....
won a Goya Award as Best Supporting Actress.
Plot summary
In MadridMadrid
Madrid is the capital and largest city of Spain. The population of the city is roughly 3.3 million and the entire population of the Madrid metropolitan area is calculated to be 6.271 million. It is the third largest city in the European Union, after London and Berlin, and its metropolitan...
, during the bombing of November 1936, in the Spanish Civil War
Spanish Civil War
The Spanish Civil WarAlso known as The Crusade among Nationalists, the Fourth Carlist War among Carlists, and The Rebellion or Uprising among Republicans. was a major conflict fought in Spain from 17 July 1936 to 1 April 1939...
, the Republican Government decided on the evacuation of paintings from the Prado Museum. Manuel (played by Gabino Diego
Gabino Diego
Gabino Diego is a Spanish actor, born on 18 September 1966 in Madrid. He was educated at Runnymede College, in Madrid.His credits include: ¡Ay Carmela! and Belle Époque.-Awards:*Goya Awards**1999 - Nominated - Best Actor for La hora de los valientes...
), a 28 year old security guard, finds a self-portrait of Goya abandoned in one corner. He hides the painting and flees the bombing of his house.