Goyo: The Boy General

'We will not surrender,' he declared, but the cannons had already fallen silent. In the chaotic aftermath of the 1808 Dos de Mayo Uprising, a young Spanish artillery officer named Luis Daoíz finds his moment. This 2018 historical drama chronicles the brutal birth of a national myth, where a single act of defiance in a Madrid barracks becomes the spark for a bloody, six-year war for independence. It’s a portrait of a reluctant hero, caught between duty and a hopeless cause, whose legend would outlive the man.