![]() The film tells the story of the ensuing murder trial, detailing prosecutor Iñigo Iruin’s struggles to convict the accused officials amidst cover-ups, limited evidence, and death threats. (Does it diminish the film’s merits to point out I’m also now crushing on the lead actor, Unax Ugalde?) Their bodies were not identified until 1995, and, ultimately, it was revealed that they had been kidnapped, tortured, and murdered without fair trial by GAL, an anti-terrorist death squad illegally established by officials of the Spanish government to combat ETA.Ī still from Lasa & Zabala. ![]() In 1983, 20-year-olds Joxean Lasa and Joxi Zabala, alleged members of the Basque separatist militant group ETA, disappeared. Lasa & Zabala is a Basque film based on riveting real-life events. (Edit: and now a third film, Spot.) Below are my reviews.īased in Sydney? I’m giving away passes to see Gente de bien and Spot over on my Facebook page! Head over there to enter. I had the chance to screen two of the festival’s films this week, Gente de bien from Colombia and Lasa & Zabala from Basque Country, Spain. The festival is headlined by the hit Basque film Ocho apellidos vascos/Spanish Affair, which I’ve been eager to see for the past year, and there’s no shortage of other appealing films that speak right to my Hispanophile heart. This year’s Spanish Film Festival is hitting eight cities across Australia, from the 21st of April to the 13th of May, offering screenings of some of the best recent films from Spain and the Spanish-speaking world. ![]() I may have left my heart in Spain, but for a few weeks this year, Spain is coming right to me in Sydney! ![]()
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