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1998 Certificate 15
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Like Satyajit Ray's APARAJITO or Yasujiro Ozu's TOKYO STORY, director Benito Zambrono's SOLAS is a quiet, realistic film that examines relationships between parents and children, the decline of traditional values, and urban anomie. While waiting for her husband to recover in a hospital, a mother (Maria Galiana) stays with her .. Read more

Starring Ana Fernandez, Maria Galiana, Juan Fernandez, Carlos Alvarez-Novoa
Director Benito Zambrano
Genres Drama, World Cinema

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Like Satyajit Ray's APARAJITO or Yasujiro Ozu's TOKYO STORY, director Benito Zambrono's SOLAS is a quiet, realistic film that examines relationships between parents and children, the decline of traditional values, and urban anomie. While waiting for her husband to recover in a hospital, a mother (Maria Galiana) stays with her estranged daughter, Maria (Ana Fernandez), who fled her parents rural home in Andalusia because she could no longer bear her father's abusiveness and her mother's passivity. As the daughter struggles to find dignity in her job and her relationships with men, her mother quietly tries to brighten the life of her daughter and an elderly neighbor with only a dog for a companion. Gradually, Maria realizes that behind her mother's passivity is a strength and compassion that is rare in modern Spain. SOLAS, which means alone, is a low-budget film using little-known actors; it's strong and moving, however, with emotionally wrenching performances from the entire cast. Setting a high standard with his feature-film debut, Zambrano suggests that the solution to loneliness and poverty lies in remembering how to care for others.

Starring Ana Fernandez, Maria Galiana, Juan Fernandez, Carlos Alvarez-Novoa, Antonio Dechant, Angel Fernandez, Paco de Osca
Director Benito Zambrano
Studio FUSION MEDIA
Run time DVD: 1 hr 37 mins
Certificate Certificate 15
Genres Drama, World Cinema
Language DVD: Spanish
Subtitles DVD: English
Released Production year: 1998

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DVD: 26 Dec 2001

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