Octavia (2002)

Plot Summary

Rodrigo returns to his childhood home of Salamanca after a four-decade absence and a career as a guerrilla in Latin America, a secret agent in the Eastern Bloc and an official for an international agency. While Rodrigo may have attempted to put his past life behind him, the memory of his now deceased mother and his old-world family returns to haunt him. In an old city dominated by the weight of tradition, Rodrigo discovers a daughter about whose existence he had never known, as well as a grand-daughter, the enigmatic and beautiful Octavia. A rebellious teenager, Octavia dismisses her grandfather's old politics, possessing her own sense of what freedom means. Patino's film is a poetic, assured contemplation on the pain of returning somewhere you never really left and the accompanying ironies of a man obsessed with history who cannot face his own.

Full Cast & Characters

Miguel Ángel Solá

Rodrigo

Margarita Lozano

Doña

Antonia San Juan

Manuela

Blanca Oteyza

Elsa

Paul Naschy

Inspector

Javier Rioyo

Journalist

Menh-Wai Trinh

Octavia

Director & Crew

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