03 Oct 2003
The Basque Ball: Skin Against Stone
An attempt to create a bridge between the different political positions that coexist, sometimes violently, in the Basque Country, in northern Spain.
Gesto
The history of the citizens' movement that for thirty years worked hard to overcome fear, fight hatred and eradicate the violence exercised by the savage terrorist gang ETA, both in the Basque Country and in the rest of Spain.
Top Billed Cast
Javier Alcalde Self
Xabier Askasibar Self
Itziar Aspuru Self
Begoña Casado Self
Patxi Elola Self
María Guijarro Self
Jesús Herrero Self
Eider Huertas Self
María Josefa de Istúriz Self
Maite Leanizbarrutia Self
Amagoia López Self
Edorta Martínez Self
María Luisa Sampil Self
Isabel Urkijo Self
Txema Urkijo Self
Imanol Zubero Self
Itziar Zubia Self
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