MAY I SPEAK WITH THE ENEMY?

Madrid, 1936. A young man called Miguel Gila lives with his grandparents in a working-class neighbourhood in Madrid.

Despite the family’s difficulties, the atmosphere at home is one of happiness. Miguel enjoys going to the cinema with his grandmother, helping his grandfather with his woodwork and having adventures with his neighbourhood friends led by his best friend Pedro Tabares. Gila especially enjoys scribbling anywhere and everywhere he can. He’s witty, almost without trying.

But when war breaks out, it finds Miguel and his whole generation in the throes of youth, unprepared and without many fixed ideas. Miguel is just a scared kid but spurred on by Pedro, he joins the war, but not without first promising his grandmother that he will return safe and sound and that he won’t leave his friend’s side.

Cast:

• Oscar Lasarte
• Carlos Cuevas
• Natalia de Molina
• Paulo Pires
• João Pedro Mamede

Directed by:

• Alexis Morante

Original Title:

• ¿ES EL ENEMIGO? LA PELÍCULA DE GILA

Release year:

• 2024