Fiesta

The year is 1936 and the civil war has begun in Spain. Rafael is a boy of sixteen. He is the son of a noble family. For years he had been at a boarding school in France. His father calls him back to the country. The man is a senior officer in Franco’s army. He wants his son to take part in the war. Before going to the front Rafael is assigned to a unit. The unit’s work is to handle prisoners. Orders for executions are carried out by them as well. At the head of the unit is Colonel Masagual. He is an old friend of Rafael’s father. He is a man of appetites with refinements of his own. It is beside this man that Rafael learns the war. Jean-Louis Trintignant and Grégoire Colin appear in the hundred and eight minute film, a French production Pierre Boutron finished in 1995.