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Hail Hazana

1978 · 96 min

A hushed, serious chamber drama of institutional pressure and youthful defiance, slow and earnest, with a heavy sense of a dying order.

Overview
In Spain, at the end of the Franco regime, students at a strict religious boarding school rebel against the repressive rules imposed by their headmaster.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 1 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • rebellion
  • power
  • coming-of-age
  • education
  • freedom
Places
  • school
  • single country house
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror1
Humour2
Realism8
Romance1
Tension6
Darkness6
Complexity5
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
José María Gutiérrez Santos
Starring
Fernando Fernán Gómez, José Sacristán, Héctor Alterio
Runtime
96 min
Country
Spain
Languages
Spanish

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