Lorca: Death of a Poet

Prize-winning six-part mini-series made for Spanish television and drawing on the expert knowledge of Lorca biographer Ian Gibson, Bardem’s expert reconstruction of the period leading up to Lorca’s death in August 1936 meticulously depicts the chaos and fear of the early stages of the Spanish Civil War. British actor Nickolas Grace presents a memorable Lorca caught up in circumstances beyond his control, the dramatic build up to his brutal assassination on the outskirts of Granada is expertly handled.

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