Valentina

1982 · 92 MIN · IMDB 6.7 · 442 VOTES · DIR. Antonio José Betancor

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Overview

In 1939, in a French prison camp, José Garcés of the defeated Spanish Republican army raises the spirits of his fellow prisoners by telling the story of the year he was 8 years old, 1911, in a small town in northeastern Spain. He was a rascal, baffling his father, always in trouble, and in love with Valentina, a neighbor girl. On his roof top at night he sends semaphore messages to her. He writes poems. He gets them into trouble, killing her father's breeding pigeons. When the two families camp at a decaying castle, his tutor, a sympathetic priest, tells him about the most valiant men, the saints, the heroes, and the poets. Already a poet, he learns a lesson about being a hero.

Dialogue Timeline — 787 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:00:16 "To the nomads, who like to guard their memories...
00:04:51 -Please, sit down. -Thank you.
00:09:42 Put your napkin on.
00:14:46 From your 1st Holy Communion?
00:17:08 Right. Let's go to your house.
00:22:24 "The great...greatness of your...
00:24:49 I will tell you.
00:27:22 I mean, what calibre?
00:29:56 There'll be an eclipse tomorrow.
00:33:09 Wait! Wait!
00:38:02 Oh, yes, yes!
00:42:18 There are two injured.
00:45:22 -...we need your opinion. -OK.
00:47:54 ...I know one thing.
00:50:38 Serve.
00:53:14 And now to you too, my lord.
00:55:45 Can you hear them, Julia?
00:59:04 ...points with the perimeter.
01:04:42 What are you looking at?
01:07:24 Mr. José, I wasn't able to translate all of it...
01:10:05 Amen.
01:13:27 Come!
01:17:10 Don't leave me alone.
193:09:04 Republican Army,...

Cast & Characters

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed787
Dialogue density8.6 lines / min
First line00:00:16
Final line193:09:04

Production Record

DirectorAntonio José Betancor
LanguageSpanish
IMDb votes442