Maixabel

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SYNOPSIS:

Maixabel Lasa loses 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 a 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.

More Info: https://www.sansebastianfestival.com/2020/sections_and_films/zinemira/7/680071/in

2021, directed by IcÌar BollaÌn, color, in Euskara & Castilian with English subtitles, 115 minutes.

• APRIL 21st with guest speaker Dr. Larraitz Ariznabarreta.

About the Director – ICIAR BOLLAIN

Iciar BollaÌn (Madrid, 1967) has directed the feature films Hola, øest·s sola? (Hi, Are You Alone, 1996); Flores de otro mundo (Flowers from Another World, 1999), award-winner at the Cannes Criticsí Week; Te doy mis ojos (Take My Eyes, 2003), for which its two lead characters received both Silver Shells in San Sebastian and which landed seven Goyas; Mataharis (Official Selection, 2007); TambiÈn la lluvia (Even the Rain, 2009), Panorama Award in Berlin; En tierra extraÒa (In a Foreign Land, Special Screenings, 2014); El olivo (The Olive Tree, 2015), Goya for Best New Actress; Yuli (2018), Jury Prize for Best Screenplay in San Sebastian, and La boda de Rosa (Rosaís Wedding, 2020), Goya for Best Supporting Actress and Best Original Song and Special Jury Prize and Silver Biznaga for Best Supporting Actress in Malaga.