Octavia

Octavia — Plot

Rodrigo returns to his childhood home of Salamanca after a four-decade absence and a career as a guerrilla in Latin America, a secret agent in the Eastern Bloc and an official for an international agency. While Rodrigo may have attempted to put his past life behind him, the memory of his now deceased mother and his old-world family returns to haunt him. In an old city dominated by the weight of tradition, Rodrigo discovers a daughter about whose existence he had never known, as well as a grand-daughter, the enigmatic and beautiful Octavia. A rebellious teenager, Octavia dismisses her grandfather's old politics, possessing her own sense of what freedom means. Patino's film is a poetic, assured contemplation on the pain of returning somewhere you never really left and the accompanying ironies of a man obsessed with history who cannot face his own.

• Release date
• October 11, 2002
• Runtime
• 130 min
• Genres
• Drama, Family
• Director
• Basilio Martín Patino

Octavia — Cast

Miguel Ángel Solá Rodrigo Margarita Lozano Doña Antonia San Juan Manuela Blanca Oteyza Elsa Paul Naschy Inspector

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Javier Rioyo Journalist

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Menh-Wai Trinh Octavia