Josean Bengoetxea
Also Known As: Joseán Bengoechea , Josean Bengotxea
Biography: Josean Bengoetxea was born on September 4, 1964 in Donostia-San Sebastián, Guipúzcoa, País Vasco, Spain. He is known for his work on Loreak (2014), Ilargi Guztiak (2020) and Adú (2020).
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Not available
Adult: No
Birthday: September 04, 1964
Age: 60 years old
Gender: Male
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The Chapel
Overview: Emma wants to learn how to communicate with the spirit of a girl who has been trapped in a hermitage for centuries, and to that end, she tries to persuade Carol, a sceptical medium, to help her.
Genres: Horror Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2023-11-17
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Cell 211
Overview: The story of two men on different sides of a prison riot -- the inmate leading the rebellion and the young guard trapped in the revolt, who poses as a prisoner in a desperate attempt to survive the ordeal.
Genres: Action Thriller Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2009-11-06
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Gold
Overview: Spanish soldiers battle indigenous tribes and their own brutal natures as they search for a legendary city built of gold.
Genres: Adventure History Drama Action
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2017-11-10
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Mujeres en el parque
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2006-10-21
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A Man of Action
Overview: Loosely inspired by the life of Lucio Urtubia, explore the figure of the so-called anarchist 'Robin Hood,' who ran a legendary counterfeiting operation in Paris that put him in the crosshairs of America's largest bank, when he managed to obtain a huge amount of money by forging traveler's checks to invest in causes he believed in.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2022-11-30
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Kinka
Overview: Two strangers, Doroty, a domestic employee from Central America aged around 45, and Mari, an elderly woman who is hard of hearing, are forced to spend the lockdown together to prevent the spread of coronavirus.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: eu
Release Date: 2021-11-12
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Once Upon a Time in Euskadi
Overview: Basque Country, Spain, 1985. Four teenage friends must face life and death, social upheaval and political violence as they try to enjoy their summer vacation.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2021-10-29
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Operacion Malaya
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2011-01-13
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Flowers
Overview: Ane is in her mid-forties and delighted when a stunning bouquet of flowers is delivered to her home. But the site manager has no idea who to thank – one thing is for sure; her jealous husband, Ander, is not the unknown cavalier. As these gallantries increase, always on a Thursday and always with an anonymous sender, Ane’s life takes on a new direction. The life of Lourdes is also sent into turmoil by beautiful bouquets of flowers: Since the death of her husband in a traffic accident, flowers have been deposited regularly at the scene. Lourdes’ mother-in-law, Tere, is determined to get to the bottom of the anonymous flowers. Jon Garaño and José Mari Goenaga’s feature film debut pays charming homage to three headstrong women and the power of flowers.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: eu
Release Date: 2014-10-10
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Party Town
Overview: Two brothers, Juan and Richi, once had a duo act, Supergalactic, with a one-off pop hit in the 1990s. When the mayor of their hometown asks them to reunite, the two decide to overlook their differences for one last taste of stardom – and a quick payday. However, their fans, local traditions and hidden agendas complicate their plans
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2016-01-18
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The Silly Ones and the Stupid Ones
Overview: A group of movie professionals go into a studio to, over a single day, read / test/ count / live the story of 'The Silly Ones and The Stupid Ones'. Sitting around a table and following the directions of the director, the actors show us the evolution of the creating process and how the characters through the trials, indications, lighting or props, that at first were just a story captured on a script becomes a film, in cinema, the great optical illusion, the visual lies that allows us to enjoy the stories we see on the screen.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2014-10-03
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Negociador
Overview: Manu Aranguren is a Basque politician who acts as a mediator for the Spanish government in its negotiations with ETA. Far from being a solemn, calculated occasion, unexpected occurrences, slip-ups or misunderstandings soon kick in to influence the dialogue. And the personal relationship between negotiators will be key in solving the conflict.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2014-09-22
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Todos los días son tuyos
Overview: While investigating the terrorist activities of a Basque nationalist group, Mexico City photographer Eliseo (Mario Oliver) becomes obsessed with his neighbor, a gorgeous young separatist named Maria (Bárbara Lennie). But when Maria is murdered, Eliseo is the prime suspect. Pursued by both the police and Maria's killer -- who has slain other Basque separatists -- Eliseo fights to stay alive and clear his name in this fast-paced thriller.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2007-10-08
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Tras los visillos
Overview: Martos wants to leave his dark past behind, so he undergoes cosmetic surgery to change his face. But his obsessive paranoia keeps him away from his main goal: the getaway.
Genres: Thriller Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-03-05
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Sanctuary
Overview: In the mid-1980s, the GAL, a Spanish paramilitary group, pursues and assassinates members of the terrorist gang ETA who have taken refuge in the sanctuary they have created in the south of France. Grégoire Fortin, advisor to the French Minister of Justice, and Domingo 'Txomin' Iturbe, leader of ETA, are forced to negotiate in order to find a solution to the violence that plagues the region.
Genres: Drama History Thriller
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2015-01-21
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Pheasant Island
Overview: In the borderless Europe of the 21st century, one border still separates Spain from France, marked by the Bidasoa River. On this river lies Pheasant Island, a tiny piece of land that alternates between Spain and France every six months. When the body of an illegal immigrant is discovered on the day of the border shift, Nassim, one of the survivors, becomes the target of a violent manhunt by French authorities as he tries to cross the border. This chilling event will change the lives of Laida and Sambou, an interracial couple.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: eu
Release Date: 2025-04-23
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The Three Wise Men vs. Santa
Overview: The Three Wise Men, fed up with Santa taking more and more prominence from them, have decided to confront each other without knowing that this war will awaken a much more dangerous common enemy, the Krampus, who had been inactive for centuries.
Genres: Comedy Fantasy
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2022-11-18
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Signal
Overview: It is not a question of long conversations. It is not a question of living together for years. Sometimes, in a place where people pass each other by, in a matter of minutes you can find yourself connecting with someone else.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2005-05-30
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Zósimo
Overview: Zosimo is the best at his trade. But if he can not work, his life holds no meaning.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-01-10
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Zósimo
Overview: Zosimo is the best at his trade. But if he can not work, his life holds no meaning.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-01-10
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The Longest Penalty Shot in the World
Overview: Fernando (Fernando Tejero) is a loser. A gray type, without ambition, that works like bookcases distributor in a supermarket of the quarter. In his free short whiles, he is a substitute keeper of a football team, a third regional one. In all the season he has not played a single minute. But the last Sunday of the league the referee indicates penalty and the regular keeper injures itself. Fernando must occupy the goal for the first time. If penalty scores, the team of the district will proclaim champion. If no, all the effort of a year will not have been worth for anything. When the penalty is just about to be kicked, a group of indignant fans with the referee invades the field and prevents the kick. The competition committee decides that the penalty must play the following Sunday, in the same goal, with same players and the field closed to the public. El Penalti más largo del mundo, (The Longest Penalty Shot in the World) is exactly the history of that week of delay.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2005-03-08
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La decisión de Julia
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2015-01-18
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The Cliff
Overview: A mass suicide involving members of a cult takes place in the Canary Islands. Gabriel's younger sister, Cordelia, who he hasn't seen for years, was one of the cult followers. Gabriel decides to travel there and find out what happened.
Genres: Romance Thriller
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2016-06-03
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Horror Vacui
Overview: Why not fill that void with something? Buy, buy, buy, damn you!
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Original Language: es
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The Invisible Hand
Overview: An industrial warehouse is turned into a stage where a group of ordinary professionals are assembled daily to perform different tasks with apparent normality. Meanwhile, from the darkness of the auditorium, dozens of visitors observe the "wonderful" work show.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2017-04-28
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Ainhoa
Overview: Ainhoa is 8 years old and has left home with her school bag, a Playmobil figure and a secret plan.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2016-10-26
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Igelak (Frogs)
Overview: Pello, a bank branch manager, is arrested on charges of embezzlement. Abandoned by his superior (who got him involved in the heist), Pello escapes from the court room and goes on the run. With no papers, no money and no family or friends he can trust, he changes identity so that he can stay undercover for a time. By chance he ends up hiding in a building that has been occupied by a group of people evicted from their homes who are fighting his bank. Pello gains their trust, all the time planning to steal money from them to pay for false documentation so that he can escape abroad and start a new life.
Genres: Comedy Music
Original Language: eu
Release Date: 2016-12-02
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Mi vida es el cine
Overview: The trouble shooting of a film in Spain. A funny and bitter trip over a job and a passion: Film making.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2017-02-08
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Hileta
Overview: In a small Basque village in 1925, a wake is being held for Inge, the young wife of Mikel Martikorena, who has died suddenly.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: eu
Release Date: 2016-10-21
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Errementari: The Blacksmith and the Devil
Overview: Basque Country, Spain, 1843. A police constable arrives at a small village in Álava to investigate a mysterious blacksmith who lives alone deep in the woods.
Genres: Drama Fantasy Horror
Original Language: eu
Release Date: 2018-03-02
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Bomb Scared
Overview: Somewhere in Spain, four ETA terrorists await a phone call before carrying out a mission, while the 2010 FIFA World Cup, where Spanish soccer team is one of the favorites to win, is being held in South Africa.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2017-12-08
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Pase privado
Overview: In a large multiplex theater, after the last session is done, a young projectionist invites a girl to a private screening with the intention of seducing her. But none of them is aware that nearby something else is going on.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2014-01-14
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The Power of Silence
Overview: Prades, France, 1940s. The exiled Catalan cellist Pau Casals decides not to perform any more in public until the fall of the dictatorship that oppresses Spain. Pierre, a young Frenchman studying with Casals, tries to convince him to celebrate an extraordinary concert as a tribute to freedom.
Genres: Drama Music TV Movie
Original Language: ca
Release Date: 2017-11-03
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Jefe
Overview: Cesar is 'the boss', the one everyone hates, the one some flatter and the one nobody tells the truth; the great successful businessman is on the edge of the precipice. One night his actions crumble down, his partners betray him and his wife kicks him out of the house. Entrenched in his office, he tries relentlessly to recover his company and his life. But he will not do it alone, César will find a very special ally, Ariana, the cleaner of the night shift.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2018-05-04
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The Pact
Overview: Suddenly, Clara, Mónica's daughter, falls into a deep coma. With Clara left to die, a mysterious man proposes Monica to make a pact: Clara will be saved if Mónica does something for him.
Genres: Horror Thriller Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2018-08-17
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May God Save Us
Overview: Madrid, summer 2011. Economic crisis. 15-M movement and 1.5 million pilgrims waiting for the Pope’s arrival live side by side in a Madrid that’s hotter and more chaotic than ever. In this context, detectives Velarde and Alfaro must find what seems to be a serial killer. Their against-the-clock hunt will make them realise something they’d never imagined: neither of them are so very different from the killer.
Genres: Thriller Crime Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2016-10-28
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Black Is Beltza
Overview: New York City, October 10, 1965. A group of wooden giant figures from Pamplona, representing Basque culture and traditions, parade down the street; but the local authorities have not allowed the appearance of all of them: due to the racial prejudices that persist in many sectors of society, the participation of two black giants has been banned.
Genres: Animation Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-10-05
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Happy New Year, Grandma!
Overview: The misfortunes of a couple who have to take care of the wife’s elderly mother.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2011-06-12
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People in Places
Overview: A fragmented view of contemporary Spain, drawing conclusions about the persistence of the human condition, strangeness, and the chaos within relationships.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2013-12-20
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Don't Wake Me Up
Overview: Jone is a sixteen year old girl that lives in Bilbao (Basque Country) in 2009. In her highschool you can feel the independentist environment, demonstrations, strikes... are usuals between the students organizations. In this moment her dad starts to work int the Basque Government, between other things he has to go with body guards. This situation will change Jones life and she will have to learn to live between two worlds that she doesn't understand yet, and to understand that not everything is black or white.
Genres: Drama Family
Original Language: eu
Release Date: 2018-10-22
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Ander
Overview: A love story between a Basque farmer and a Peruvian immigrant.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2009-06-11
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Renewable
Overview: Years after their break-up, Tanya and Josean meet again at a conference on renewable energy. She has a lot to tell him...
Genres: Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2016-01-01
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Camera obscura
Overview: It tells the story of Ane, who with a visual impairment and fully transition to adolescence, must face the peer rejection, overprotection of parents and, above all, the possibility of not seeing.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: la
Release Date: 2012-09-14
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Dark Impulse
Overview: Eva, an honest and rigorous examining magistrate, investigates the murder of a young stripper in which a powerful businessman is apparently involved, but she is unable to find enough evidence to implicate him… until a mysterious witness appears who makes her an offer she can't refuse.
Genres: Thriller Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2012-02-10
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Twin Murders: The Silence of the White City
Overview: Vitoria-Gasteiz, Basque Country, Spain, 2019. Two corpses appear in the crypt of the Old Cathedral. Police officer Unai López de Ayala, an expert in criminal profiling, must hunt down the ritual murderer who has been terrorizing the city for two decades.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2019-10-25
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Tabib
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Original Language: it
Release Date: 2017-03-11
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The Last Circus
Overview: A trapeze artist must decide between her lust for Sergio, the Happy Clown, or her affection for Javier, the Sad Clown, both of whom are deeply disturbed.
Genres: Adventure Comedy Drama Horror Thriller
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2010-12-17
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Death Knell
Overview: Human bones are found at the Garizmendi farmhouse. Farmers Fermin and Karmen call their son Nestor, who reports the matter to the authorities. But, when the agents turn up, the bones are gone. Suddenly, the bell on the nearby chapel begins to peal. This bad omen announces the coming of tragic events and reopens old wounds within the family and those around it.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: eu
Release Date: 2020-11-20
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Yoyes
Overview: Yoyes, the first woman to hold responsibility positions within ETA, returns from exile in Mexico and try to rebuild her life. But her return is not easy.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2000-03-31
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13 Days of October
Overview: Last days of the great catalan president Lluis Companys.
Genres: History Drama
Original Language: ca
Release Date: 2015-09-10
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Dana
Overview: After being attacked by a rapist one night, Dana believes that something must change and decides to make justice with her own hands.
Genres: Horror Drama Comedy
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2020-10-10
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Mugaldekoak
Overview: Mugaldekoak is set in the early 40s, when, on this side of the border, the wounds of the Civil War were still open and, on the other, they were living under occupation by the German Army. The tale revolves around the Comète Network, an initiative developed during World War II on the border with Navarre: the clandestine evacuation of British pilots brought down in enemy territory.
Genres: Drama War TV Movie
Original Language: eu
Release Date: 2010-04-14
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All the Moons
Overview: During the final throes of the last Carlist war, a little girl is rescued from an orphanage by a mysterious woman who lives deep inside the forest.
Genres: Drama Fantasy Horror War
Original Language: eu
Release Date: 2020-12-25
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The communicant
Overview: Maria wants to make her deceased mother's last wish come true. Nevertheless, in her family, nobody supports her.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2018-11-02
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Lasa & Zabala
Overview: In October 1983, members of ETA Lasa and Zabala disappear in Bayonne. Twelve years later, their bodies, tortured and buried in quicklime by the GAL (Anti-Terrorist Liberation Groups) are identified. Then begins a process in which the lawyer for the two families (Unax Ugalde) and his assistant try to justice and that the murderers sit on the dock.
Genres: Thriller Crime
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2014-10-17
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Los Olvidables
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Original Language: es
Release Date: 2020-01-31
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Soledades
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Original Language: es
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I Feel Guilty
Overview: How far can you allow your life to intertwine with others, leaving yourself open to spontaneous gestures, opportunities and chance? Three different characters, languages, experiences and sexualities. And three desires, all intense. But just one feeling is possible: guilt. A short essay on human incapacity to go beyond accepted rules and break out from convention.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2011-10-01
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Ascenso
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2020-09-20
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Sacamantecas
Overview: Álava, late 19th century. As the Third Carlist War rages, several women are found strangled to death on the outskirts of Vitoria.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: eu
Release Date: 2026-10-16
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Ehiza
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Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: eu
Release Date: 2024-11-15
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Echoes of silent roosters
Overview: A family story built upon what cannot be spoken: the open wound of the Basque people. A portrait of the contemporary Basque Country, exploring the bidirectional relationships between past and present.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: eu
Release Date: 2025-01-24
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The Good Luck
Overview: Pablo decides to get off the train at the station of a small town, buy an old and ramshackle apartment in front of the tracks and start living as if he were not the renowned architect he really is. Maybe he is running away from someone, or something, or even himself. In the village everything seems stagnant except Raluca, an optimistic woman open to surprises that can change your life for the better. She decided to trust her luck, even if life does not always present its best face.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2025-06-06
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Jone, batzuetan
Overview: Bilbao, August. Jone, 20 years old, lives with her father and younger sister Marta. Aita, Jone's father, had to quit his job due to the consequences of his Parkinson's disease. Meanwhile, Bilbao's Semana Grande festivities kick off, setting the stage for Jone's first experience of love. Throughout this summer, Jone will navigate the dichotomy between the sense of invincibility she shares with Olga, the girl she falls in love with, and the fear of being left alone due to her father's illnes
Genres: Drama
Original Language: eu
Release Date: 2025-09-12
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The Skin of the Wolf
Overview: Martinón is the last inhabitant of Auzal, a village in the mountains where he lives in communion with nature. He only goes down to the valleys twice a year to trade and to buy provisions. But one day he’s convinced to take a wife, a decision intended to soften his calloused soul—but in some ways his real struggle is only just beginning.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2018-03-09
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The Blind Ants
Overview: In 1935, a storm caused an English ship carrying coal to run aground in Bizkaia. Residents of Algorta gathered to rescue the coal, but Sabas Jauregui ignored their pleas and dragged his children into the storm.
Genres: Thriller Adventure
Original Language: eu
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Adú
Overview: In a desperate attempt to reach Europe and crouched before an airstrip in Cameroon, a six-year-old boy and his older sister wait to sneak into the holds of an airplane. Not too far away, an environmental activist contemplates the terrible image of an elephant, dead and fangless. Not only do you have to fight against poaching, but you will also have to meet the problems of your newly arrived daughter from Spain. Thousands of kilometers to the north, in Melilla, a group of civil guards prepare to face the furious crowd of sub-Saharan people who have begun the assault on the fence. Three stories linked by a central theme, in which none of its protagonists know that their destinies are doomed to cross and that their lives will no longer be the same.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2020-01-31
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