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Les Routes du Sud
UNITED STATES · 1978

Les Routes du Sud

Joseph Losey
political exile communist ideology father-son relationships Spanish Civil War legacy artistic compromise
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Synopsis

France, 1975. Jean, an exiled Spanish Communist, is a successful screenwriter who, after a tragic event, struggles with his political commitment, his love for his country, under the boot of General Franco, whose death he and his comrades have waited for years, and his complicated relationship with his son. (A sequel to “The War Is Over,” 1966.)

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