Crossing Borders

Crossing Borders

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Release Date

3/19/2006

Runtime

96 mins

Overview

In 1960, Martín and Marcos are forced by their difficult personal circumstances to travel to Switzerland in search of work, leaving their families in the Madrid of Franco's Spain. But they undertake more than a simple journey; they begin the road to a new life.

Status

Released

Original Language

Spanish

Budget

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Revenue

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Two men leave Franco's Spain for Switzerland in search of a better life, carrying the weight of those they've left behind. It's a quietly moving portrait of economic desperation and the sacrifice of emigration.

Mood

MelancholicWistfulHopeful

Themes

MigrationFamilySurvivalClass

Tone

Earnest

Pacing

Slow-burn

Look

NaturalisticDocumentary-like

Structure

Two-hander

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Un Franco, 14 pesetas - Colección

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