Silencio Roto (2001) Reviews

Another fine slice of Spain in the Franco era, this time during and just after WWII, SILENCIO ROTO shows about as well as I've seen the grinding--and seemingly unending--toil and misery of a populace under the yoke of a fascist dictatorship. The movie is especially fine at pointing up how difficult it is for decent people to continue to behave decently under this kind of rule. The cast is exemplary (especially Mercedes Sampietro), and the direction by Montxo Armendariz is appropriate to the subject and tale at hand. Stories from Franco's Spain seem nearly inexhaustible; fortunately, most of them are worth telling and hearing, if only to warn others about what happens when we give vent to the worst of our own nature, while allowing crass and despicable people to rule us.
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