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Maixabel

Maixabel

20217.01h 55m

Overview

In the year 2000, Maixabel Lasa’s husband, Juan Maria Jauregi, 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 Araba (Spain), where he is serving his sentence after breaking ties with the terrorist group. Despite her reservations and her immense pain, Maixabel Lasa 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.

Directed by Icíar Bollaín
Written by Isa Campo, Icíar Bollaín
Produced by Koldo Zuazua, Juan Moreno, Guillermo Sempere
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Top Cast

Blanca Portillo

Blanca Portillo

Maixabel Lasa

Luis Tosar

Luis Tosar

Ibon Etxezarreta

Urko Olazábal

Urko Olazábal

Luis Carrasco

María Cerezuela

María Cerezuela

María Jáuregui

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Tamara Canosa

Esther

María Jesús Hoyos

María Jesús Hoyos

Madre de Ibon

Arantxa Aranguren

Arantxa Aranguren

Carmen

Bruno Sevilla

Bruno Sevilla

Luichi (Marido María)

Josu Ormaetxe

Josu Ormaetxe

Juan Mari Jáuregui

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Martxelo Rubio

Amigo Maixabel

Themes & Keywords

interviewbasque country, spaingriefeta terrorist groupterrorism

About Maixabel

Maixabel is a drama film released in 2021 exploring themes of interview, basque country, spain, grief, eta terrorist group, terrorism. Directed by Icíar Bollaín, it stars Blanca Portillo, Luis Tosar, Urko Olazábal. In the year 2000, Maixabel Lasa’s husband, Juan Maria Jauregi, 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 Araba (Spain), where he is serving his sentence after breaking ties with the terrorist group. Despite her reservations and her immense pain, Maixabel Lasa 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.

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