A Long Winter ( Un largo invierno ) [ NON-USA FORMAT, PAL, Reg.0 Import - Spain ]
Price 19.03 USD
Spain released, PAL/Region 0 DVD: it WILL NOT play on standard US DVD player. You need multi-region PAL/NTSC DVD player to view it in USA/Canada: LANGUAGES: Spanish ( Dolby Digital 2.0 ), English ( Subtitles ), Spanish ( Subtitles ), WIDESCREEN (1.85:1), SPECIAL FEATURES: Cast/Crew Interview(s), Commentary, Interactive Menu, Scene Access, Trailer(s), SYNOPSIS: In Un largo invierno (A Long Winter, 2009), director Sebastián Arabia opts for a much different focus than those we are used to seeing in "terror documentaries." Here, there are no images of smoldering, twisted train cars or people weeping. We do not see played for the millionth time, from the vantage point of an escalator, the moment one of the bombs explodes. In his hour-long film, Arabia zeroes in on one protagonist, Pilar Manjón, whose 20-year old son, Daniel Paz Manjón, died in the March 11 attacks. Significantly, Pilar Manjón is also the president of the Asociación 11M Afectados del Terrorismo ("March 11 Association of those Affected by Terrorism," originally meant to serve victims of March 11 and their families), founded in 2004. She might be said to be the public face of March 11 -- during the March 11 hearings, she called out politicians and accused terrorists alike, and demanded that a new commission be created, independent of political affiliation. Perhaps, it was this appearance that led to her largely negative portrayal by the mainstream press, but Manjón"s affiliation with the worker"s trade union Comisiones Obreras (CCOO) -- originally founded by the Spanish Communist party -- has probably also contributed unfairly to the tirade of insults she has received. ...A Long Winter ( Un largo invierno )