i don't think its clearly picking one side from the spanish civil war, yes the school teacher and the boy's a father were both republicans but the mother was deeply religious and an obvious nationalist. Also the end scene where the republicans are cpatured and led to their death to the forced heckles of the townspeople seem to further balance this argument.
just wondering what impressions everyone else got
I think it is very anti-fascist. It is honest enough to show the point of view of the mother, as you say. But clearly the sympathies are with the republicans.
Yet, being a very very good movie, it is not a propaganda piece. It's more about "mob psychology".
henry
I respectfully don't agree with the "Mob Psycology" as being the message as much as I would lean towards fear of government leading you to dennounce your beliefs. Maybe?
shareThe movie contains a clear anti-fascist message. But is more than that, it's also about self-discovering; the birth of love and passion; courage vs cowardice. Besides it also contains a beautiful humanist message embodied in the figure of that wonderful teacher, Don Gregorio.
One thing is for sure, Moncho lost his innocence that day, his father lost his pride, and Spain lost its freedom and hope.
"Moncho lost his innocence that day, his father lost his pride, and Spain lost its freedom and hope. "
That's great, what you said.
I think the movie tells us how horrendous can be the power that a group/mob can have upon an individual.
It also tells how easy it is to create anger, trought religion and political issues.
It also rubs on our faces how an artificial and fake behaviour, specially a socially accepted one, can overwhelm our true feelings and replace them with others. What we see by the end of the movie happens every day, in a much smaller scale.
It also tells us how selfish we can be. did Moncho's family love Don Gregorio? If they did, they wouldn't have done what they did. It's more like a dependence relationship.
"Oh! there're frogs falling from the sky!"
Magnolia - 10/10
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I thought this movie was very pro the republic. It preached about freedom and democracy. It made the fascists look evil.
Yes, the mother was religious. But I don't think she was a nationalist or pro-fascist. She was just afraid of getting in any trouble. She didn't want to ruffle any feathers. And she was right. Thanks to her, her husband wasn't carted away at the end. Although, he has to live with his decision to turn his back on his ideals and his friends.