The Island of Wind

1h 45m
DramaHistory
6.5

The first fiction feature by Spanish director Manuel Menchón reconstructs the banishment of writer and philosopher Miguel de Unamuno (1864-1936) from Bilbao to Fuerteventura by Primo de Rivera's dictatorship, as punishment for his openly dissident statements against the military regime, the King and the monarchic system.

Cast

José Luis Gómez
Unamuno
Víctor Clavijo
Don Víctor
Isabel Prinz
Doña Concha
Ana Celentano
Delfina Molina
Ciro Miró
José Castañeyra
Ruth Armas
Cala adulta

Crew

Manuel Menchón
Director, Writer
Dionisio Pérez
Writer
José Javier Rodríguez Melcon
Writer
Alberto D. Centeno
Director of Photography

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