Hosted by the Basque Educational Organization and sponsored by the Basque Cultural Center.

The film will be presented by Dr. Larraitz Arriznabarreta, who will provide historical context and lead a Q&A after the screening.

Admission is FREE, but reservations are required. Please let the BEO know you’re coming by clicking here.

2021 Irizar Award for Best Basque Film at the San Sebastian International Film Festival

Maixabel Lasa lost her husband, Juan María Jáuregui, assassinated by ETA in 2000. Eleven years later, she receives an unusual request: One of the murderers has asked to meet her in the Nanclares de la Oca prison in Álava, where he is serving a sentence after having severed ties with the terrorist gang. Despite the doubts and the immense pain, Maixabel Lasa agrees to meet face to face with the people who ended in cold blood with the life of who had been her partner since the age of sixteen. “Everyone deserves a second chance,” she says when asked about the reasons for sitting in front of her husband’s killer.

2021, directed by Icíar Bollaín, color, in Euskara & Castilian with English subtitles, 115 minutes.

About the Director:

Iciar Bollaín (Madrid, 1967) has directed the feature films Hola, ¿estás sola? (Hi, Are You Alone, 1996); Flores de otro mundo (Flowers from Another World, 1999), award-winner at the Cannes Critics’ 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); También la lluvia (Even the Rain, 2009), Panorama Award in Berlin; En tierra extraña (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 (Rosa’s Wedding, 2020), Goya for Best Supporting Actress and Best Original Song and Special Jury Prize and Silver Biznaga for Best Supporting Actress in Malaga.