Secrets and hope in ‘Blind Sunflowers’

As the guest of honor in this year’s Cairo International Film Festival, Spanish films have so far awed audiences with beautiful dramas, thrillers and romances. “Los Girasoles ciegos,” (The Blind Sunflowers), one of Spain’s two entries in the festival’s International Competition and the Spanish contender for the Best Foreign Film Oscar nominations, is no different. “The Blind Sunflowers,” a fine drama not for the faint-hearted, effortlessly combines elements of a thriller with that of compelling...