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Aro berria

2025 · 110 min

A slow, earnest plunge into post-dictatorship disillusion, where political failure gives way to intimate, communal soul-searching.

Directed by
Irati Gorostidi Agirretxe
Genres
History, Drama
Starring
Maite Mugerza, Óscar Pascual López, Edurne Azkarate
Overview
San Sebastian, 1978. The workers at the water meter factory hold an assembly to discuss a strike, which ultimately fails. Disappointed, the most non-conformist workers turn their aspirations for radical transformation towards more intimate spheres. Some leave the factory to join an isolated community in the mountains, where dozens of young people embarked on an intense journey of shared cathartic experiences.

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Directed by
Irati Gorostidi Agirretxe
Genres
History, Drama
Starring
Maite Mugerza, Óscar Pascual López, Edurne Azkarate
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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 1 of 3
  • darkstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • politics
  • work
  • rebellion
  • isolation
  • identity
Places
  • big city
  • countryside
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror1
Humour2
Realism8
Romance2
Tension5
Darkness6
Complexity7
Emotional weight7

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Genres
history, drama
Directed by
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Written by
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Starring
Maite Mugerza, Óscar Pascual López, Edurne Azkarate, Aimar Uribesalgo, Natalia Suárez, Jon Ander Urresti, Jan Cornet, Óliver Laxe
Music
Narcoléptica
Cinematography
Ion de Sosa
Runtime
110 min
Country
Spain
Languages
Basque, Spanish

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