Salvador (2006 film)

Salvador (Puig Antich)
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Manuel Huerga
Written by	Lluís Arcarazo
Based on	Compte enrere. La història de Salvador Puig Antich by Francesc Escribano
Produced by	Jaume Roures
Starring	Daniel Brühl Tristán Ulloa Leonardo Sbaraglia Leonor Watling Ingrid Rubio
Cinematography	David Omedes
Music by	Lluís Llach
Distributed by	Warner Bros. Pictures
Release dates	May 2006 (2006-05) (Cannes) 15 September 2006 (2006-09-15) (Spain)
Running time	134 minutes
Countries	Spain United Kingdom
Languages	Catalan Spanish French

Salvador (Puig Antich) (or Salvador) is a 2006 film directed by Manuel Huerga starring Daniel Brühl as Salvador Puig Antich. It is based on the 2001 book Compte enrere. La història de Salvador Puig Antich by Francesc Escribano, which depicts the time Puig Antich spent on death row prior to his execution by garrote (the last person to be executed by this method in Spain) in 1974, in the last rales of the Francoist dictatorship.

The film was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival.^[1]