Catálogo de Cinespañol

Ourense, 1940. Cada vez que Elena cierra la puerta de casa, echa la llave de sus secretos. Su marido, Ricardo, amenazado por una despiadada persecución ideológica, lleva años escondido en el piso donde conviven con sus hijos, Elenita y Lorenzo.Salvador, un diácono desorientado tras la experiencia de luchar en el frente, llega al seminario de Ourense. Alertado por las dudas en la vocación del joven, el Rector le destina a dar clase en el colegio donde estudia Lorenzo. Creyendo viuda aElena,Salvador se obsesiona con ella hasta poner en peligro la frágil realidad de la familia.Heridos y zarandeados por las circunstancias, los protagonistas de "Los girasoles ciegos" se golpean contra un muro de represión, amores imposibles y derrotas emocionales, tras un rayo de luz que les devuelva a la vida.

Orense, 1940… Every time Elena locks the door to her house, she turns a key that envelops her secrets. Her husband Ricardo, the victim of ruthless ideological persecution, has been in hiding in his own house for years, where he lives with his sonanddaughter, Elenita and Lorenzo.Scarred and lost after fighting on the front, Salvador, a deacon, returns to the seminary in Orense. But such are the young deacon’s doubts about his faith that the Rector is led to delay his access to priesthood proper for another year. In themeantime, Salvador will teach at the school Lorenzo goes to. Lorenzo is Elena’s son, and Salvador thinks Elena is widowed. The young deacon becomes obsessed with Elena and begins a relentless pursuit of her. The fragility of the family is laidbare,andtheir already fickle reality is even more dangerously shaken.The protagonists of THE BLIND SUNFLOWERS, all wounded beings, are haplessly buffeted by circumstance. Hurled headlong into a brick wall of repression, impossible love and emotional failure, they clutch desperately at any straw that allows them toclingto any semblance of life.