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El Cid: The Legend

2003 · 90 min

A colourful, old-fashioned animated adventure that mixes court intrigue and swordfights with a gentle love story, easy to watch with family.

Overview
Rodrigo's life as a child was a noble and happy one, he entered school at a young age. Often he went on adventures with his best friend Sancho and often visited his beloved one Jimena, the daughter of the count of Gormaz. His happiness did not last forever, after the death of the King Fernando, Rodrigo is seen wrapped in a world of plots and conspiracies that to will put an end to the life of Sancho and the consequent coronation of the infant Alfonso. All of a sudden, Rodrigo loses all that that he has acquired, his best friend and the love of its beloved one, and is unjustly exiled to Castile without honor!
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How it feels

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Tone
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 1 of 3
  • warmstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • betrayal
  • love
  • justice
  • loyalty
  • redemption
Places
  • countryside
  • big city
Era
period
Audience
family
Form
  • animated
  • true story
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action6
Horror1
Humour4
Realism3
Romance6
Tension5
Darkness4
Complexity4
Emotional weight5

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Details

Genres
adventure, animation
Directed by
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Written by
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Starring
Manel Fuentes, Natalia Verbeke, Sancho Gracia, Loles León, Carlos Latre, Miguel Ángel Rodríguez 'El Sevilla', Manolo García, Sergio Zamora
Runtime
90 min
Country
Spain
Languages
Spanish

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