At the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War, the nun Maria is forced to flee her convent. She takes refuge in a brothel, until it is liberated by a woman's anarchist group. Maria joins the group and eventually goes to the front. The women's group faces the problems of fighting not only the nationalists, but also factions on the left seeking to impose a more traditional military structure.
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Three young Irish women struggle to maintain their spirits while they endure dehumanizing abuse as i...
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George Orwell's novel of a totalitarian future society in which a man whose daily work is rewriting ...
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