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'The Anarchist's Wife' is a 2008 Spanish-Franco-German film directed by Maria Noelle and . It stars Mara Valverde, Juan Diego Botto and Ivana Baquero.

Plot



The plot derives from the experience of a child's parents. Paloma's father, an anarchist, fought in Madrid against Francisco Franco's Nationalists during the Spanish Civil War. He was deported to a concentration camp, then fought for the French Resistance. His wife, with two young children, never gave up hope of seeing him again.

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Release



The film screened at the Filmfest Mnchen in June 2008, winning the festival's Bernhard Wicki Prize. It also screened at the 53rd Valladolid International Film Festival (Seminci) on 25 October 2008. The film was theatrically released in Spain under the title 'La mujer del anarquista' on 23 January 2019. The German title was 'Die Frau des Anarchisten'.

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