''The Anarchist's Wife'' () is a 2008 Spanish-Franco-German film directed by Maria Noelle and . It stars

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and Ivana Baquero.

Plot

The plot derives from the experience of a child's parents. Paloma's father, an

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, fought in

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against

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during the

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. He was deported to a

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, then fought for the

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. His wife, with two young children, never gave up hope of seeing him again.

Cast

Release

The film screened at the

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in June 2008, winning the festival's Bernhard Wicki Prize. It also screened at the 53rd

Valladolid International Film Festival The Valladolid International Film Festival, popularly known as Seminci (short for ; ), is a film festival held annually in Valladolid, Spain. First held in 1956 as ('Valladolid Religious Film Week'), the Seminci is one of the longest-standing fi ...

(Seminci) on 25 October 2008. The film was theatrically released in Spain, under the title ''La mujer del anarquista'' on 23 January 2019.

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