Reception
Las 13 Rosas opened on October 19, 2007. In Spain the film only had a lukewarm reception from critics and audience. On the other hand, one elderly woman was heard to exclaim, after its first showing, that General Franco himself could not have known of the executions. To provoke that sense of worry in at least one viewer might itself be considered an achievement.
The film had a limited release in the USA in New York City. The review in Variety praised the cinematography and art direction, but remarked: "The 13 Roses largely withers on the vine. is further let down by its psychological superficiality… an uncertain treatment which convinces neither historically nor dramatically".
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