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EL REY DE CANFRANC (THE KING OF CANFRANC)

José Antonio Blanco, Manuel Priede
64' / 2013 / France, Spain
Web: www.elreydecanfranc.com
Spanish, French
Spanish subtitled

1940. The Canfranc Train Station, an impressive feat of engineering built in the 1920s, becomes a strategic point of passage for goods between Spain and Germany. Meanwhile, with a sense of apparent normality, the head of French Customs, Albert le Lay, is an active spy working for the Resistance. But the Gestapo decides to detain him. Someone warns him at the last minute and he sets off on a bizarre escape that starts with an innocent stroll. He is the king of Canfranc.

Main Festivals & Awards

SAN SEBASTIAN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL (ZABALTEGI)

Director's Biography

Pamplona 1971. He studied Image and Sound in Saragossa. He has developed his career in Televisión Española since 1998. He directed a documentary about Luis García Berlanga in 2009, year of the XXV Aniversary of the shooting of “La Vaquilla”. His last work has been co-directing the documentary film “The King of Canfranc” along with Manuel Priede. It was selected in the last edition of the International Festival of San Sebastián in the Zabaltegi selection and has been released in 2013.

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