Federico García Lorca’s Remains to Be Exhumed
Javier Beltrán as Federico García Lorca, Robert Pattinson as Salvador Dali in Little Ashes
According to reports, forensic experts have begun digging at a mass unmarked grave in search of the remains of poet and playwright Federico García Lorca (right), executed in the early days of Spain’s bloody 1936-39 civil war.
The work is taking place on a remote hillside area near Granada, in Spain’s southern province of Andalusia. The assassins were members of a militia loyal to right-wing Gen. Francisco Franco. Approximately 500,000 people were killed during the civil war, which erupted after Franco, abetted by Spain’s business establishment and the Catholic Church, rebelled against the elected leftist Republican government. (Guillermo del Toro captures the brutality of this dark period [...]
by Andre Soares | October 28, 2009
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Tags: Federico García Lorca, Francisco Franco, Gay Interest, Guillermo del Toro, Javier Beltran, Little Ashes, Politics, Robert Pattinson, Salvador Dali
Robert Pattinson, Javier Beltrán in LITTLE ASHES
Javier Beltrán as Federico García Lorca, Robert Pattinson as Salvador Dali
Robert Pattinson, Javier Beltrán
Javier Beltrán, Robert Pattinson
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by Deborah Arthur | November 14, 2008
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Tags: Federico García Lorca, Gay Interest, Javier Beltran, Little Ashes, Photos, Robert Pattison, Salvador Dali
Robert Pattinson in LITTLE ASHES
Robert Pattinson as Salvador Dali
Directed by Paul Morrison and written by Philippa Goslett, Little Ashes chronicles the (fictionalized) friendship among three 20th-century geniuses: artist Salvador Dali (Robert Pattinson), poet Federico García Lorca (Javier Beltrán), and filmmaker Luis Buñuel (Matthew McNulty).
Of special interest is the strong bond that develops between Dali and Lorca, whose Catholicism comes in conflict with his homosexual desires.
Little Ashes US release date: May 2009
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Javier Beltrán as Federico García Lorca
Robert Pattinson
Robert Pattinson
by Deborah Arthur | November 14, 2008
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Tags: Federico García Lorca, Gay Interest, Javier Beltran, Little Ashes, Matthew McNulty, Paul Morrison, Philippa Goslett, Photos, Robert Pattison, Salvador Dali
