Basque Film Series | Maixabel

IMPORTANT NOTES:

Special Guest Dr. Larraitz Ariznabarreta will introduce the film and host a Q&A afterward. 

SYNOPSIS:

Maixabel Lasa lost her husband, Juan María Jáuregui, in 2000 at the hands of the ETA. She later becomes director of the Basque office for terrorism victims. Jáuregui’s killers have been sentenced to prison, where they start to reject violence. Eleven years later, she receives an invitation for an interview from one of the killers of her husband, who is serving his sentence in jail at Nanclares de la Oca in Álava after cutting his ties with the terrorist group.

Despite doubts and immense pain, Maixabel accepts the invitation and comes face to face with the man who took her husband’s life. This film is based on a true story.