Directed by:
Ana MurugarrenScreenplay:
Ana MurugarrenCinematography:
Josu InchausteguiComposer:
Aitzol SaratxagaCast:
Carlos Areces, Ramón Barea, Karra Elejalde, Andrés Herrera, Mikel Losada, Eneko Sagardoy, Pepa Aniorte, Jordi Sánchez, Fernando Ustarroz (more)Plots(1)
Rogelio, a powerful fascist soldier in the Spanish Civil War, ruthlessly hunts down and eliminates Spaniards who dare to go against the new regime. One night, when capturing a man for execution, he locks eyes with the man’s ten-year-old son and is overcome with terror and guilt. He becomes convinced this boy will track him down and kill him once he reaches the age of sixteen. This moment breaks Rogelio’s resolve. Convinced that he must make amends for his crimes, he moves to a small shack in the countryside near his father’s gravesite, and becomes a hermit and devout Falangist — a “Soldier of God” in his own words. A fig tree blossoms on his father’s grave, the success and growth of which soon absorb his focus. Each time he feels his guilt returning, he channels more attention into the tree, losing a piece of his former self with every new branch that grows. At first, his friends and family try to convince him to return to his old life, but soon this Soldier of God becomes a figure of worship in his own right. (Fantastic Fest)
(more)Cast
Carlos Areces
Spain
Best movies:
The Ministry of Time (2015) (series)
The Last Circus (2010)
My Great Night (2015)
Ramón Barea
Spain
Best movies:
Aquí no hay quien viva (2003) (series)
Cows (1992)
Blancanieves (2012)
Karra Elejalde
Spain
Best movies:
Earth (1996)
The Red Squirrel (1993)
Cows (1992)
Andrés Herrera
Spain
Best movies:
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (2006)
Paco's Men (2005) (series)
Black Bread (2010)
Mikel Losada
Best movies:
The Invisible Guardian (2017)
García y García (2021)
The Little Switzerland (2019)
Eneko Sagardoy
Spain
Best movies:
Giant (2017)
Errementari: The Blacksmith and the Devil (2017)
Irati - Age of Gods and Monsters (2022)
Pepa Aniorte
Spain
Best movies:
Los serrano (2003) (series)
Volver (2006)
Palm Trees in the Snow (2015)
Jordi Sánchez
Spain
Best movies:
El perqué de tot plegat (1994)
Aquí no hay quien viva (2003) (series)
La caza (2019) (series)
Fernando Ustarroz
Best movies:
Sant'Antonio di Padova (2002) (TV movie)
Aquí no hay quien viva (2003) (series)
The Ministry of Time (2015) (series)
Txubio Fernández de Jáuregui
Best movies:
The Platform (2019)
Historias lamentables (2020)
Pagafantas (2009)