In 1939, in a French prison camp, José Garcés of the defeated Spanish Republican army raises the spirits of his fellow prisoners by telling the story of the year he was 8 years old, 1911, in a small town in northeastern Spain. He was a rascal, baffling his father, always in trouble, and in love with Valentina, a neighbor girl. On his roof top at night he sends semaphore messages to her. He writes poems. He gets them into trouble, killing her father's breeding pigeons. When the two families camp at a decaying castle, his tutor, a sympathetic priest, tells him about the most valiant men, the saints, the heroes, and the poets. Already a poet, he learns a lesson about being a hero.
Credits
Valentina Cast
| Name |
Character |
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Anthony Quinn
He was 67, 86 years old when he died
|
as Mosen Joaquín |
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Eusebio Poncela
He was 35, now 76 years old
|
as Narrador |
|
Luis Ciges
He was 61, 81 years old when he died
|
as Médico |
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Jorge Sanz
He was 13, now 54 years old
|
as Pepe |
|
Marisa de Leza
She was 49, now 90 years old
|
as Doña Julia |
|
Alfred Lucchetti
He was 48, 77 years old when he died
|
as Don Arturo |
|
Rafael Vaquero
|
as Alcalde |
|
Saturno Cerra
He was 57, 91 years old when he died
|
as Don José |
|
Concha Leza
|
as Doña Luisa |
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Paloma Gómez
She was 10, 47 years old when she died
|
as Valentina |
|
Emilio Fornet
He was 84, 87 years old when he died
|
as Pastor |
|
Concha Hidalgo
She was 58, 95 years old when she died
|
as Tía Ignacia |
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Antonio Canal
|
as Garcés |
Valentina Crew
