''Paper Birds'' () is a 2010 Spanish

drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. The drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular ...

directed by

Emilio Aragón Álvarez Emilio Aragón Álvarez (born 16 April 1959) is a Spanish director, musician, actor, presenter and producer. He was the original presenter of the Spanish game show '' VIP Noche'', which was a popular 1990s game show on the Spanish Telecinco ne ...

, starring

Imanol Arias Manuel María Arias Domínguez (born 26 April 1956), better known as Imanol Arias, is a Spanish actor. In his career beginnings, Arias was a recurring face of Basque cinema. His career in the 21st-century is marked by his portrayal of Antonio ...

. The film tells the story of a group of

vaudeville Vaudeville (; ) is a theatrical genre of variety entertainment which began in France in the middle of the 19th century. A ''vaudeville'' was originally a comedy without psychological or moral intentions, based on a comical situation: a drama ...

artists in the hard times after the

Spanish Civil War The Spanish Civil War () was a military conflict fought from 1936 to 1939 between the Republican faction (Spanish Civil War), Republicans and the Nationalist faction (Spanish Civil War), Nationalists. Republicans were loyal to the Left-wing p ...

Plot

Jorge and Enrique are two performers in post- Civil War Spain who adopt an orphan child called Miguel. With a variety company that travels around the country, Jorge and Enrique see the horrors left by the war, while

Nationalists Nationalism is an idea or movement that holds that the nation should be congruent with the state. As a movement, it presupposes the existence and tends to promote the interests of a particular nation, Smith, Anthony. ''Nationalism: Theory, Id ...

watch Jorge and the rest of the company, suspecting that some of them collaborate with the

Republicans Republican can refer to: Political ideology * An advocate of a republic, a type of government that is not a monarchy or dictatorship, and is usually associated with the rule of law. ** Republicanism, the ideology in support of republics or agains ...

opposing

Franco's regime Francoist Spain (), also known as the Francoist dictatorship (), or Nationalist Spain () was the period of History of Spain, Spanish history between 1936 and 1975, when Francisco Franco ruled Spain after the Spanish Civil War with the title . ...

Cast

as Jorge del Pino. * Lluís Homar as Enrique Corgo. * Roger Príncep as Miguel Puertas Maldonado. *

Carmen Machi María del Carmen Machi Arroyo (born 7 January 1963) is a Spanish actress. She become popular for her role as Aída in the television series ''7 vidas'' and ''Aída''. Biography María del Carmen Machi Arroyo was born on 7 January 1963 in Madr ...

as Rocío Moliner. *

Fernando Cayo Fernando Cayo Jiménez Álvarez (born 22 April 1968) is a Spanish actor. His television work include performances in ''Money Heist''. Biography Fernando Cayo Jiménez Álvarez was born on 22 April 1968 in Valladolid. He moved to Madrid when he ...

as Capitán Montero. *

Diego Martin Diego Martin () is a town and is the urban commercial center and capital of the Diego Martin region in Trinidad and Tobago. Its location in the region is just on the south eastern border, west of the capital city of Port of Spain and east of the ...

as Teniente Quiroga. *

José Ángel Egido José Ángel Egido Pérez (born 1951) is a Spanish actor. He won the 17th Goya Awards, 2003 Goya Award for Best New Actor for his performance as Lino in ''Mondays in the Sun''. Filmography References External links

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as Ricardo Ubieto.

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2010 drama films 2010 films Films scored by Emilio Aragón Spanish drama films 2010s Spanish-language films 2010s Spanish films Spanish-language drama films {{2010s-Spain-film-stub

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