Luis, 18, sees only one way to be able to provide for himself and his mother: training at Mexico’s national military academy. The rigid system of violence that is designed to turn him into the perfect soldier pushes him to his limits....
改编自Luis de Castresana的同名小说。
影片以纪实手法记述发生在1936年战争时期的真实事件。一批儿童被送往国外,远离亲人和硝烟中的西班牙。桑迪带着妹妹贝戈妮娅去了比利时,分别寄养在两个家庭中。但他不肯认领养人为父母,重新被送入寄宿学校,在他心目中,父母是无人可以替代的。校园中的一棵大树,被这些远离祖国的西班牙孩子命名为“格尔尼卡之树”,他们看见它就仿佛在家一样……</p>...