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Ashes from the Sun (2008)

Ashes from the Sun (2008)

Cenizas del Cielo
96 minutes ES Drama
Some things are worth fighting.
Environmental drama set in Asturias, Spain. A Scottish travel writer is forced to stay in a valley town in northern Spain when his camper van breaks down. There he gets to know the different inhabitants, some of them struggling to close down the nearby power station and some trying to make it more prosperous.
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