Thanks to Dark Star Pictures, we’ve got an exclusive clip from The Bastards Fig Tree, a whimsical comedy from filmmaker Ana Murugarren which provides a fresh, magical exploration of the horrors of the Spanish Civil War, showing both the brutality of war and its ability to inspire hope and change in a broken society. Check it out below, along with the poster and synopsis…
Near the end of the Spanish War, a “trigger happy” fascist soldier turns into a hermit and gets caught up in the care of a fig tree after the look in a ten year old child’s eyes, son of one of his victims, awakes in him the certainty that the kid will kill him as soon as he reaches sixteen years of age.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wUL7fEQ81c0
The Bastards Fig Tree is set for a theatrical run in Los Angeles from May 10th, and will receive a digital release from June 4th.
