Land and Freedom (film)

Land and Freedom
Movie poster from Ken Loach's Land and Freedom
Directed by	Ken Loach
Written by	Jim Allen
Produced by	Rebecca O'Brien
Starring	Ian Hart
Cinematography	Barry Ackroyd
Edited by	Jonathan Morris
Music by	George Fenton
Distributed by	Artificial Eye (United Kingdom)[1] Alta Films (Spain)[1] Sputnik Film (Germany)[2] Columbia TriStar Films Italia (Italy)[1] Diaphana Films (France)[1]
Release date	6 October 1995 (1995-10-06)
Running time	109 minutes
Countries	United Kingdom Spain Germany Italy France
Languages	English Spanish Catalan
Budget	about £2,500,000[3]
Box office	$228,800

Land and Freedom (or Tierra y Libertad)^[4] is a 1995 film directed by Ken Loach and written by Jim Allen. The film narrates the story of David Carr, an unemployed worker and member of the Communist Party of Great Britain, who decides to fight in the Spanish Civil War for the republicans, a coalition of Socialists, Communists and Anarchists against a nationalist coup d'état. The film won the FIPRESCI International Critics Prize and the Prize of the Ecumenical Jury at the 1995 Cannes Film Festival.^[5] The film was also nominated for the Palme d'Or at Cannes.