Spain,
2021, 115 min
(Alternative: 111 min)
Directed by:
Icíar BollaínCinematography:
Javier AgirreComposer:
Alberto IglesiasCast:
Blanca Portillo, Luis Tosar, Bruno Sevilla, Mikel Bustamante, Paule Barcenilla, María Cerezuela, Urko Olazabal, Miguel Garcés, Tamara CanosaPlots(1)
Maixabel Lasa lost her husband, Juan María Jáuregui, assassinated by ETA in 2000. Eleven years later, she receives an unusual request: One of the murderers has asked to meet her in the Nanclares de la Oca prison in Álava, where he is serving a sentence after having severed ties with the terrorist gang. Despite the doubts and the immense pain, Maixabel Lasa agrees to meet face to face with the people who ended in cold blood with the life of who had been her partner since the age of sixteen. “Everyone deserves a second chance,” she says when asked about the reasons for sitting in front of her husband’s killer. (San Sebastian International Film Festival)
(more)Awards
- Winner
- Nominations
Goya Awards
- 2022 - Blanca Portillo (Best Actress)
- 2022 - Urko Olazabal (Best Supporting Actor)
- 2022 - María Cerezuela (Best New Actress)
- 2022 - Best Film
- 2022 - Icíar Bollaín (Best Director)
- 2022 - Luis Tosar (Best Actor)
- 2022 - Icíar Bollaín, Isabel Campo (Best Original Screenplay)
- 2022 - Nacho Ruiz Capillas (Best Editing)
- 2022 - Alazne Ameztoy, Candela Palencia, Juan Ferro (Best Sound)
- 2022 - Alberto Iglesias (Best Original Score)
- 2022 - Mikel Serrano (Best Art Direction)
- 2022 - Clara Bilbao (Best Costume Design)
- 2022 - Karmele Soler, Sergio Pérez Berbel (Best Make Up)
- 2022 - Guadalupe Balaguer Trelles (Best Production Supervision)
San Sebastián International Film Festival
- 2021 - Icíar Bollaín (Irizar Award for Best Basque Film)
- 2021 - Icíar Bollaín (SIGNIS Award)
- 2021 - Icíar Bollaín (Golden Shell for Best Film)
- 2021 - Icíar Bollaín (Dunia Ayaso Award)
- 2021 - Icíar Bollaín (RTVE-Otra Mirada Award)