Sempre Xonxa
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| Directed by | Chano Piñeiro |
| Written by | Chano Piñeiro |
| Produced by | Manuel Martínez Mallo |
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| Cinematography | Miguel Ángel Trujillo |
| Edited by | Cristina Otero |
| Music by | Pablo Barreiro Carlos Ferrant Marcial Prado |
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Running time | 114 minutes |
| Country | Spain |
| Language | Galician |
| Box office | €138,638.32 |
Sempre Xonxa (Galician for Always Xonxa) is a Galician-language film from Galicia, Spain directed and written by Chano Piñeiro and released in 1989. It was the first Galician feature film shot in 35 mm, along with Urxa, by Carlos Piñeiro and Alfredo García Pinal, and Continental by Xavier Villaverde, making it one of the first fiction films in the Galician language. The film is about the emotional consequences of emigration and is set in rural Galicia.
Sempre Xonxa was, during 20 years, the biggest theatrical success for a film in Galician, until 2019 when Fire Will Come eventually attracted more spectators.