Little Spanish Soldier

Little Spanish Soldier (1988)

Soldadito español

A young man, son and grandson of soldiers, refuses to perform military service, causing a commotion in the whole family. Finally, social, environmental and family pressures, will force the young to make a decision that will have unforeseeable consequences.

Date of release
1988-10-07
TMDB
4.1 / 10 (7)
Runtime
1h 36m
Genres
Comedy, Drama
Director
Antonio Giménez-Rico

Casting

Interesting facts

The Little Spanish Soldier is a 1988 Spanish tragicomedy film directed by Antonio Giménez-Rico from a screenplay by Giménez-Rico and Rafael Azcona. It underpins a criticism to the compulsory military service.

Production

According to Giménez-Rico the original idea for the story came to him upon a meeting of his promotion of university militia, with the screenplay later penned in tandem with Rafael Azcona. A Penélope production, the film had a reported budget of 150 million Pts. Shooting locations included Alcalá de Henares. The Spanish Little Soldier constitutes an early film depiction of the insubordination to military conscription in Spain.

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