The Blind Sunflowers

2008 · 98 MIN · IMDB 6.4 · 2,340 VOTES · DIR. José Luis Cuerda

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Overview

Orense, Spain, 1940, just after the end of the Civil War. Every time Elena locks the door of her home, she and her children become the faithful guardians of a sacred secret: Ricardo, her husband, their father, hides in the house, trying to avoid the brutal political persecution of the victors, who hunt, as if they were wild animals, and imprison or execute, those who have lost the bloody and tragic struggle…

Dialogue Timeline — 1,132 lines

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00:02:25 I cannot tell you anything, Lord
00:05:37 I don't know, Father.
00:10:31 Are you sure you know what you're doing?
00:15:11 Victorious flags will come back
00:18:12 My mother does not want to talk to me about this.
00:22:55 It's yours.
00:26:10 Between the cage and the frying-pan, would it choose the frying-pan?
00:30:05 What did you say?
00:32:27 Is there any reason?
00:35:20 "Good morning, I am a shepherd, and I fear the wolf".
00:39:19 that returning to the seminary will free...
00:42:06 And if you, who has to do it, don't do it, then it's the end.
00:45:10 If you didn't have any, as I do.
00:51:33 Leave my son!
00:55:43 As the other day you didn't wait for me.
00:58:18 I'll think about it. I will talk to Lorenzo.
01:01:43 What?
01:05:17 Good writer.
01:08:56 Sure.
01:11:49 No. Deacon, just a deacon.
01:15:54 Never.
01:19:01 "Wake up, bed, blurred mirror
01:24:40 Please!
01:29:27 I'll try to live a Christian life outside priesthood.

Cast & Characters

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed1,132
Dialogue density11.6 lines / min
First line00:02:25
Final line01:29:27

Production Record

DirectorJosé Luis Cuerda
LanguageSpanish
IMDb votes2,340