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Maixabel

Directed by Icíar Bollaín
Spain
2021
115 mins

In 2000, Maixabel Lasa’s husband, Juan María Jaúregui, was killed by ETA. Eleven years later, she receives an incredible request: one of the men who killed Juan wants to meet with her in the Nanclares de la Oca prison in Spain, where he is serving his sentence after breaking ties with the terrorist group.

Despite her reservations and her immense pain, Maixabel agrees to meet face to face with those who ended the life of the person who had been her companion since she was 16 years old.

“Everyone deserves a second chance,” she said, when asked why she was willing to confront the man who killed her husband.

  • Year
    2021
  • Country
    Spain
  • Language
    Spanish
  • Premiere Status
    Florida Premiere
  • Director
    Icíar Bollaín
  • Cast
    Blanca Portillo, Luis Tosar
  • Writer
    Icíar Bollaín, Isa Campo
  • Cinematographer
    Javier Agirre
  • Editor
    Nacho Ruiz Capillas
  • Genre
    Drama, Social Issues, Biography
  • Theme
    Drama, Directed by Women, Spain

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