‘Carte Blanche’ Director Gerardo Herrero Discusses Blowback of Spain’s War in Morocco and Rise of Franco

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According to Variety’s source item, ‘Carte Blanche’ Director Gerardo Herrero Discusses Blowback of Spain’s War in Morocco and Rise of Franco, “Carte Blanche” is a harrowing thriller that explores Spain’s seemingly forgotten Rif War in Morocco, the innate dehumanization of conflict that spurs rampant killing and its impact on the country’s subsequent Civil War. Directed by award-winning filmmaker Gerardo Herrero and based on the novel by Lorenzo Silva, “Carte Blanche” follows an elite unit of the […]

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