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MEET YOUR EDITOR Bruno Chatelin - Check some of his interviews. Board Member of many filmfestivals and regular partner of a few key film events such as Cannes Market, AFM, Venice Production Bridge, Tallinn Industry and Festival...Check our recent partners. The news in French I English This content and related intellectual property cannot be reproduced without prior consent. A heavy duty basque at San SebastianWednesday was Basque Cinema Day and one of the important films which surfaced was a Spanish language film directed by a Basque director and set in the Basque country in and around San Sebastian-Donostia. The name of the picture is "La Casa de mi Padre" (My father´s house) and the subject matter is the tension between families and members of the same family in this part of the world due to ETA terrorism. The picture is beautifully shot in rich color and features some of Spain´s top actors, though lesser known in the west. (Carmen Gomez, Emma Suarez, and popular young star Juan Jose Ballesta). The young director, Gorka Merchán, born 1976, is a Basque native of Donostia-San Sebastian, and this is his second feature. The story line is about a successful Basque business man, Txomin Garay, who was once a star Jai-lai (pelota) player, but left for Argentina ten years earlier with his wife and young daughter when the ETA Troubles began getting too threatening. He now returns for a tentative visit to the prosperous family homestead where his estranged brother is about to die and his aged mother still lives. His wife, Emma Suarez, a good looking middle-aged woman, has her doubts about returning to this native danger zone, especially since her husband is regarded as a traitor to the Independence cause by many in the surronding town. Moreover, Txomin's young nephew, a rising jai-alai ace, ("Juanjo" Ballesta who has a kind of pugnacios Leonardo Dicaprio aura and charm) is also a dedicated member of the local ETA cell and is extremrely hostile to his uncle, warning him that it's not safe for him to hang around. However, the hostile youth falls in love with uncle Txomin´s daughter, now a 17 year old Penelope Cruz look-alike, and she with him. Love at first sight. 29.09.2008 | Editor's blog Cat. : Alex Deleon Basque Basque Country Basque language Carmen Gomez Emma Suárez Entertainment Entertainment ETA ETA Gara Gorka Merchán Jai alai Juan Jose Ballesta Law Law Leonardo DiCaprio Linguistics Maribi Bilbao Penelope Cruz San Sebastián Sevilla Social Issues Social Issues Spain Txomin Garay |
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