Name: Stars to Wish Upon
Genre: War, Drama
Released: 2010-10-22
Duration: 1 h 33 min
Cast: Maite Bastos, Klara Badiola, Maite Arrese, Aitor Beltrán, Teresa Calo

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Victoria is a republican widow who enters in the prison of Saturrarán (Vizcaya), place where an experiment of the Franco regime takes part: the separation of children from their mothers to give them up for adoption to families close to the regime, in order to break the chains of communism.

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Spanish Civil War
Francoist Spain
Prison Drama
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Motherhood
Political Intrigue
Regime Atrocities
Maternal Separation
Social Commentary

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Directed by: Mikel Rueda
Written by: Mikel Rueda
Produced by: Eduardo Barinaga
Music by: José Ramón Gutiérrez

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Facts

October 22, 2010 · 1 h 33 min · Disturbing Imagery

Released: October 22, 2010
Runtime: 1 h 33 min
Content: Disturbing Imagery
Genres: War, Drama
Original language: Basque
Also spoken: Spanish
Made in: Spain

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3 questions, like "Is Stars to Wish Upon worth watching?"

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Is Stars to Wish Upon worth watching?

51

MediocreGoodWatch score

Opinions are mixed, with a GoodWatch score of 51 (IMDb 6.2).

Is Stars to Wish Upon plot-driven or character-driven?

CharactersPlot

Mostly character-driven: it leans on pathos (8 of 10) and character depth (7 of 10) more than on its plot.

Is Stars to Wish Upon in English?

BasqueSpanish

No, it was made in Basque, with some Spanish.