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The Basque Ball: Skin Against Stone (Spanish: La pelota vasca: la piel contra la piedra; Basque: Euskal pilota: larrua harriaren kontra) is a 2003 Spanish documentary film written and directed by Julio Medem.
Oct 3, 2003 · The Basque Ball: Skin Against Stone: Directed by Julio Medem. With Xabier Arzalluz, Bernardo Atxaga, Txiki Benegas, Txetxo Bengoetxea. Documentary about the Basque nationalist movement in Spain.
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- Documentary
- Julio Medem
- 2003-10-03
Julio Medem's new film tells both sides of the bloody history of Spain's Basque country. So why is he being compared to Hitler's film-maker, asks Giles Tremlett . Today's best video
Synopsis In an area of northern Spain known as Basque Country, the Spanish government and the region's people are in a constant political struggle as the Basque people strive for autonomy, an...
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- Julio Medem
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- Xabier Arzalluz
“With over 100 interviews and reels upon reels of archive footage,The Basque Ball is an incisive documentary on Spain, ETA, and the Basque region. Director Julio Medem (Sex and Lucia, Lovers of the Arctic Circle) delivers a fascinating overview of the torturous politics of the Basque area and the region’s notorious terrorist separatist group.
Sep 10, 2012 · The Madrid-based Basque director of Lovers of the Arctic Circle and Sex and Lucía set out to create a 'polyphonic' film, using 100-odd interviews with activists, politicians, clergymen and ...
An attempt to create a bridge between the different political positions that coexist, sometimes violently, in the Basque Country, in northern Spain.
