Bicycles Are for the Summer

★★★★★

Original title: Las bicicletas son para el verano

1984 · 1 h 43 min

Directed by Jaime Chávarri · Spain · Spanish Cinema

Drama

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Cast

Amparo Soler Leal Agustín González Victoria Abril Alicia Hermida Patricia Adriani Marisa Paredes

Credits

Written by: Fernando Fernán Gómez

Plot

In Madrid during the Spanish Civil War, a family and their teenage son face war and hunger, with his lost bicycle as a symbol.

Sinekatalog’s take

Jaime Chávarri's Spanish drama, Las bicicletas son para el verano, from Fernando Fernán Gómez's play, is warm, bitter and humane.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.

Ratings

IMDb: 7.2 / 10 (1,081 votes)
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