A Time for Defiance

A Time for Defiance (Spanish: La hora de los valientes, literally The Hour of the Brave) is a 1998 Spanish war drama film directed by Antonio Mercero about the Spanish Civil War. Adriana Ozores won a Goya Award as Best Supporting Actress. It was also entered into the 21st Moscow International Film Festival where it won the Special Silver St. George.

Contents

• Plot
• Cast
• References

Plot

In Madrid, during the bombing of November 1936, in the Spanish Civil War, the Republican Government decided on the evacuation of paintings from the Prado Museum. Manuel (played by Gabino Diego), a 28-year-old security guard, finds a self-portrait of Goya abandoned in one corner. He hides the painting and flees the bombing of his house.

Cast

Gabino Diego as Manuel

Leonor Watling as Carmen

Adriana Ozores as Flora

Luis Cuenca as Melquíades

Héctor Colomé as Lucas

Ramón Agirre as Portero

Aten Soria as Filo

Juan José Otegui as Professor Miralles

Josep Maria Pou as Heliodoro (as José María Pou)

Txema Blasco as Cuñado Professor

Ramón Langa as Director Bellas Artes