El elefante del rey

North Sudan, summer 1923. King Alfonso XIII of Spain captures an enormous African elephant, an apparently irrelevant act that, however, will be paramount to understand the Spain of 20th century; an animal from far lands that will become a symbol of the Second Spanish Republic, the communist movement and many other things; a royal hunting that marks the beginning of a bizarre story of jealousy, passion, political intrigues and taxidermy.

Director: Víctor García León

Cast: Juan Echanove, Leonor Watling, José Antonio San Juan, Nacho Vigalondo, Guillermo García-Ramos, Paco Jiménez Luna, Carmen Arbex, Elvira Heras

Audience-only score — full critic data not yet in the ReelXO vault.