{"id":27938,"date":"2025-07-28T07:51:39","date_gmt":"2025-07-28T07:51:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scenicrights.com\/projects\/la-larga-siesta-de-dios\/"},"modified":"2025-07-28T10:31:17","modified_gmt":"2025-07-28T10:31:17","slug":"la-larga-siesta-de-dios","status":"publish","type":"articulo","link":"https:\/\/www.scenicrights.com\/en\/projects\/la-larga-siesta-de-dios\/","title":{"rendered":"The Long Slumber of God (La larga siesta de Dios)"},"template":"","art_tag":[743,824,888,1363,1054,1064,1076,1110,874,1162,922,1339],"genero":[47],"licencia":[17],"localizacion":[],"produccion":[],"subgenero":[652],"tipo":[5],"class_list":["post-27938","articulo","type-articulo","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","art_tag-40s","art_tag-dictatorship","art_tag-exile","art_tag-nazis-en","art_tag-past","art_tag-persecution","art_tag-policy","art_tag-religion-en","art_tag-spain","art_tag-survival","art_tag-war","art_tag-world-war","genero-drama-en","licencia-propia","subgenero-historical","tipo-proyecto"],"acf":{"generos_tax":[47],"subgeneros_tax":[652],"tipo_tax":[5],"tags_tax":[743,824,874,888,922,1363,1054,1064,1076,1110,1162,1339],"produccion_tax":false,"licencia_tax":17,"localizacion_tax":false,"articulo__titulo_extendido":"","articulo__extracto":"","articulo__contenido":"<strong><em>During the 1940 exodus, a Jewish hauler finds purpose amid the horror: rescuing children persecuted by the Vichy regime, hiding them, and guiding them to freedom across the Pyrenees. A choral story set between Spain and France, inspired by real events and told by renowned author Pep Coll.<\/em><\/strong>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nIn the midst of World War II, Samuel Silverstein, a French Jew and professional hauler, loses everything in a German bombing while fleeing south. In the depths of despair, he finds a boy with a cleft lip named Philippe, who becomes his unexpected travel companion. Together they arrive in Ari\u00e8ge, near the Spanish border, where they encounter others marked by war: Catalan exiles fleeing Franco\u2019s regime, opportunistic French collaborators with the Nazis, and above all, a group of Jewish children taken in by the Red Cross at a former convent.\r\n\r\nThere, under the strict supervision of Miss Inger, a group of teenagers\u2014Helmut, Daniel, Rachel, and Carmen\u2014grow up amid games, romantic tensions, anxiety about their parents\u2019 fate, and a budding political awareness. The Nazi and Vichy threats loom ever larger, as French militia and gendarmes begin deporting Jewish youths to work in German concentration camps.\r\n\r\nSamuel, having assumed a new identity (Christophe Leroy), connects with Main Forte, a clandestine Jewish rescue network that will later become the Arm\u00e9e Juive. His mission: save as many children as possible. Thanks to his new job as a traveling salesman, he manages to move the children to safe houses or aid their passage to Spain, all while continuing to protect Philippe, nicknamed \u201cLiebre\u201d (Hare) by the other kids. Little by little, Samuel begins to rebuild a life in the region, making new friends and recovering something close to a family.\r\n\r\nAs the war progresses and the Allies advance, tensions rise. Some youths, like Helmut and Daniel, plan a daring escape over the Pyrenees\u2014a perilous and epic journey that marks their coming of age. Eventually, the fall of the Third Reich opens a new path: the founding of the State of Israel. The children believe this is how they will awaken God from his long sleep. They all choose to emigrate to Tel Aviv under international protection. Samuel, however\u2014disillusioned with God and rooted in his new home\u2014chooses to stay in France.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<strong>RELEVANT INFORMATION:<\/strong> Pep Coll (Pessonada, Pallars Juss\u00e0, 1949) is a prolific Catalan author whose work has been translated into Spanish, Basque, French, and Italian. He has written numerous novels and received the <strong>Critics\u2019 Prize<\/strong>, the <strong>Crexells Prize<\/strong>, the <strong>El Set\u00e8 Cel Prize<\/strong>, the <strong>Amat-Piniella Prize<\/strong>, and the <strong>2016 Prix Pyr\u00e9n\u00e9en<\/strong> for the French translation of his work. 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A novel with an emotionally rich and nuanced plot, set in a Pyrenean landscape that is far more than just a backdrop\u2014it is refuge, frontier, witness to barbarism, and a protagonist in its own right.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<strong>AUDIOVISUAL POTENTIAL:<\/strong> TV Series, Miniseries, Feature Film, TV Movie\r\n\r\n<strong>AVAILABLE LANGUAGES:<\/strong> Spanish, Catalan","articulo__autor":[27378],"_thumbnail_id":27936,"articulo__featured_gallery":"","articulo__galeria_archivos":"","articulo__fecha_de_publicacion":"","articulo__idiomas":"","articulo__dossier":"","idarticle":""},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>The Long Slumber of God (La larga siesta de Dios) - Scenic\u00a0Rights<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" 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