Paper Birds
Mar 12 2010
•2h 58m
•Drama, History, Thriller
At the end of the Spanish Civil War, the members of a group of vaudeville performers have been stripped of everything: all they have left is hunger and the instinct to survive. Day after day, agonizingly, lost and helpless between the victors and the vanquished, the musician Jorge, the ventriloquist Enrique, the couplet singer Rocío and the orphan Miguel search tirelessly for something to eat and a safe place to live.
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Imanol Arias
Jorge del Pino
Lluís Homar
Enrique Corgo
Roger Príncep
Miguel
Carmen Machi
Rocío Moliner
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