Karmele
PGDirector: Asier Altuna Iza
Starring: Nagore Aranburu, Eneko Sagardoy, Jone Laspiur
In 1937, Karmele and her family take refuge in France after being forced from their home by the war. There she is contacted by the Basque cultural embassy in exile, which fights the war through music and dance, and she meets Txomin, a trumpet player with whom she falls in love. After spending some time in Venezuela, the couple returns home to fight the dictatorship, hoping to regain everything that was taken from them.
Basque cinema is booming, and director Asier Altuna is part of the vanguard leading it forward". Jamie Lang, Variety
Awards
Official Selection 73° San Sebastián International Film FestivalScreenings
- Oct72026Edinburgh - The French Institute6.00pmQ&A director Asier Altuna + Dylan Inglis (Etxepare)
Mild references to suicide.
Screening in collaboration with Acción Cultural Española (AC / E) and Etxepare Basque Institute
