Land and Freedom
1995
· Movie
· 109 min
B
MEANRANK
78/100
Every rating
68–94
out of 100
Mostly agreed
Lowest is Kinopoisk on 68, highest is Rotten Tomatoes viewers on 94.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →Summer 1936: young unemployed communist David Carr leaves Liverpool to join the fight against fascism in Spain. He joins an international group of Militia-men and women, the POUM (Partido Obrero de Unificación Marxista). After being wounded, he goes to Barcelona, where he joins another group of fighters.
Details
- Director
- Ken Loach
- Writer
- Jim Allen
- Released
- 7 April 1995
- Country
- United Kingdom, Spain, Germany
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 109 min
- Budget
- $3.0M
- Box office
- $228.8K
- Awards
- 6 wins, 4 nominations
This title elsewhere
Cast
Full cast (69) →
Awards & nominations
See all 10 →3 major awards won · 6 wins from 10 nominations across 8 ceremonies
| Cannes Film Festival 1995 | Prize of the Ecumenical Jury | Ken Loach | Winner |
| Cannes Film Festival 1995 | FIPRESCI Award | Ken Loach | Winner |
| César Awards 1995 | Best Foreign Film | Ken Loach | Winner |
| BAFTA Awards 1995 | Best British Film | Ken Loach and Rebecca O'Brien | Nominee |
| Cannes Film Festival 1995 | Palme d'Or | Ken Loach | Nominee |
| Argentinean Film Critics Association Awards 1995 | Silver Condor Award for Best Foreign Film | Ken Loach | Nominee |
| European Film Awards 1995 | Best Film | Ken Loach | Winner |
| French Syndicate of Cinema Critics Awards 1995 | Best Foreign Film | Ken Loach | Winner |
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Cannes Film Festival
3 nominations, 2 won
| FIPRESCI Award | Ken Loach | Winner |
| Prize of the Ecumenical Jury | Ken Loach | Winner |
| Palme d'Or | Ken Loach | Nominee |
César Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Foreign Film | Ken Loach | Winner |
BAFTA Awards
1 nomination
| Best British Film | Ken Loach and Rebecca O'Brien | Nominee |
European Film Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Film | Ken Loach | Winner |
French Syndicate of Cinema Critics Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Foreign Film | Ken Loach | Winner |
Sant Jordi Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Spanish Film | Ken Loach | Winner |
Argentinean Film Critics Association Awards
1 nomination
| Silver Condor Award for Best Foreign Film | Ken Loach | Nominee |
Nastro d'Argento
1 nomination
| Best Foreign Director | Ken Loach | Nominee |