
Ashes from the Sun
2008-05-30 · 96 min · ★ 5.8
Environmental drama set in Asturias, Spain. A Scottish travel writer is forced to stay in a valley town in northern Spain when his camper van breaks down. There he gets to know the different inhabitants, some of them struggling to close down the nearby power station and some trying to make it more prosperous.
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- Directors
- José Antonio Quirós
- Production companies
- Bausan Films, El Nacedón Films
- Countries
- Spain
- Status
- Released
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Celso BugalloFederico
Gary PiquerPaul Ferguson
Clara SeguraCristina
Beatriz RicoTati
Txema BlascoManolo
Eduardo AntuñaRaúl
Carlos KaniowskyLalin
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