The Sleeping Voice

Finished the Spanish Civil War in April 1939, in November 1940, while Spain is being crushed by the ruthless boot of dictator Franco, Pepita travels from rural Córdoba to Madrid to be near her sister Hortensia, who is seven months pregnant and imprisoned, haunted by the shadow of a death sentence.

6.638

119 min

Cast

Inma Cuesta

as Hortensia

María León

as Pepita

Marc Clotet

as Paulino

Daniel Holguín

as Felipe

Ana Wagener

as Mercedes

Susi Sánchez

as Sor Serafines

Berta Ojea

as La Zapatones

Lola Casamayor

as Reme

Ángela Cremonte

as Elvira

Amparo Vega-León

as Sole

Charo Zapardiel

as Tomasa

Arantxa Aranguren

as Conchita

Teresa Calo

as Doña Celia

Begoña Maestre

as Amelia

Jesús Noguero

as Don Fernando

Miryam Gallego

as Doña Amparo

Adelfa Calvo

as La Legañosa

Amaia Lizarralde

as La Topete

Lluís Marco

as Don Gonzalo

Teresa Arbolí

as Charo

Blanca Apilánez

as Doña María

Eloísa Vargas

as María Ferrer

Fermí Reixach

as Prison Priest

María Garralón

as Doña Julia

Javier Godino

as Bishop's Secretary

Antonio Dechent

as Examining Magistrate

Emilio Linder

as Police Commissioner

Yiyo Alonso

as Prison Doctor

Gemma Giménez

as Tenchi (voice)

Amparo Marín

as Juliana Carbonell

Director

Benito Zambrano