Main Cast: Daniel Brühl, Tristan Ulloa, Leonor Watling, Joel Joan, Ingrid Rubio
Release Year: 2006
Country: ES/UK
Run Time: 134 minutes
Plot
Director Manuel Huerga teams with screenwriter Lluis Arcarazo to explore the life and death of the last man executed by the garrote in this biopic following the life of leftist Spanish bank robber and revolutionary Salvador Puig. The product of a leftist bourgeois household, Salvador (Daniel Bruehl) railed against Franco's oppressive as a young student, and soon turned to bank robbery as a means of contributing to the radical labor movement. When a cop is killed during one of the robberies and Salvador is captured, the trial to determine the young activist's fate is swift. Though Salvador does put some hope into the chance for a reprieve, his grim fate is ultimately sealed when a bomb kills Franco's president. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide
Salvador (Puig Antich) (or Salvador) is a 2006Spanish film directed by Manuel Huerga. It is based on the Francesc Escribano book Cuenta atrás. La historia de Salvador Puig Antich, which describes the execution of Salvador Puig Antich, the last person executed by garrote under the dictatorship of Francisco Franco.