''The Good News'' ( es, La buena nueva, links=no) is a 2008 Spanish thriller drama film directed by which stars Unax Ugalde alongside Bárbara Goenaga and

Guillermo Toledo Guillermo "Willy" Toledo Monsalve (born 22 May 1970) is a Spanish actor and producer. Besides his stage career he is also noted as polemicist and for his political activism. Biography Guillermo Toledo Monsalve was born in Madrid on 22 May 19 ...

Plot

The plot follows a young

Catholic priest The priesthood is the office of the ministers of religion, who have been commissioned ("ordained") with the Holy orders of the Catholic Church. Technically, bishops are a priestly order as well; however, in layman's terms ''priest'' refers only ...

(Miguel) destined to a small village in

Navarre Navarre (; es, Navarra ; eu, Nafarroa ), officially the Chartered Community of Navarre ( es, Comunidad Foral de Navarra, links=no ; eu, Nafarroako Foru Komunitatea, links=no ), is a foral autonomous community and province in northern Spain, ...

reacting with horror to the atrocities committed by the Francoist faction (including

Carlist Carlism ( eu, Karlismo; ca, Carlisme; ; ) is a Traditionalism (Spain), Traditionalist and Legitimists (disambiguation), Legitimist political movement in Spain aimed at establishing an alternative branch of the House of Bourbon, Bourbon dynasty ...

and Falangist elements) during the

Spanish Civil War The Spanish Civil War ( es, Guerra Civil Española)) or The Revolution ( es, La Revolución, link=no) among Nationalists, the Fourth Carlist War ( es, Cuarta Guerra Carlista, link=no) among Carlists, and The Rebellion ( es, La Rebelión, lin ...

Cast

Production

A Lamia Producciones production, the film had the participation of TVE and ETB. Shooting locations in Navarre included Leitza and .

Release

The film had its world premiere at the 53rd Valladolid International Film Festival (Seminci) on 31 October 2008. Distributed by Golem Distribución, the film was released theatrically in Spain on 14 November 2008.

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