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The Demise of ETA

2017 · 107 min

A sober, talk-heavy chronicle that makes decades of secret negotiations feel like a slow, tense unknotting of violence.

Overview
The chronicle of the process, ten long years, that led to the end of ETA (Euskadi Ta Askatasuna), a Basque terrorist gang that perpetrated robberies, kidnappings and murders in Spain and the French Basque Country for more than fifty years. Almost 1,000 people died, but others are still alive to tell the story of how the nightmare finally ended.

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Tone
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 1 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • politics
  • violence
  • war
  • power
  • justice
Places
  • big city
  • countryside
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • documentary
  • true story
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
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Action2
Horror2
Humour1
Realism9
Romance0
Tension5
Darkness6
Complexity7
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
documentary, history
Directed by
Justin Webster
Written by
Luis R. Aizpeolea, José María Izquierdo
Starring
Jesús Eguiguren, Arnaldo Otegi, Peio Rubio, Alfredo Pérez Rubalcaba, Martin Griffiths, Jaime Mayor Oreja, Alfonso Sánchez, Fermín Sánchez
Music
Laro Basterrechea
Cinematography
Kim Hattesen
Runtime
107 min
Country
Spain
Languages
English, French, Spanish

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