While at War

2019 • Directed by

Alejandro Amenábar

Drama, History, War

Sometimes silence is the worst lie

Salamanca, Spain, 1936. In the early days of the military rebellion that began the Spanish Civil War (1936-39), writer Miguel de Unamuno supports the uprising in the hope that the prevailing political chaos will end. But when the confrontation becomes bloody, Unamuno must question his initial position.