Estirpe (2016)

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Country: Spain
Genres: Comedy
Release: 2016-04-23
Director: Adrián López
Writers: David Gómez , Adrián López , Daniel Val
Language: Spanish
Stars: Ángel Morenilla , Adela Moreno , Nacho Aldeguer , Silvia Alonso , África Gozalbes , Fabio León Muñoz , Rober Bodegas , Ignatius Farray , Borja Crespo , Pablo del Amo
Runtime: 86 min
Awards: N/A
AKA: Estirpe (Spain) , Estirpe
Plot: Ramiro Ceballos, a youth from Madrid ran away from home because his father, an officer from Franco's regime, wouldn't let him use his creative skills and become a comic artist. In Barcelona he created "Estirpe", the first Spanish graphic novel under a pseudonym. His father found out and he was taken back to Madrid and forced into a Military School, where he tried to commit suicide. 45 years later and after the book had become a cult favorite and was reprinted several times, a production company wanted to adapt it into a movie. In order to make the film they needed to obtain the rights from the author, so they hire María, a copyright lawyer. María discovered that Ramiro was alive, being taken care of by Andrés, an old friend from the Military School, because he was Autistic. Andrés died and María felt obliged to look after Ramiro, whom stopped taking his medication and started to draw again. In the comic adaption, a gang of rebels, leaded by Ciclón the superhero and his romantic partner Mara, fight Estirpe, head of the Fourth Reich willing to invade Franco's Spain in a dystopic reality.
IMDB:tt5611936