Paper Birds
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At the end of the Spanish Civil War, the members of a group of vaudeville performers have been stripped of everything: all they have left is hunger and the instinct to survive. Day after day, agonizingly, lost and helpless between the victors and the vanquished, the musician Jorge, the ventriloquist Enrique, the couplet singer Rocío and the orphan Miguel search tirelessly for something to eat and a safe place to live.
Status: Released
Released Date: 2010-03-12
Runtime: 118 mins
Director: Emilio Aragón
Spoken language: Español
Genres: Drama, History, Thriller
Original title: Paper Birds
Production Companies: Globomedia, Atresmedia, Versátil Cinema
Production Countries: Spain
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