Once Upon a Time in Euskadi

Director Manu Gomez constructs a poignant narrative on the collision of innocence and turmoil. He relies on the authentic performances of his young cast to explore how political violence seeps into the most personal spaces of life, framing a summer of freedom against a backdrop of societal fracture.

What lingers after the credits is a profound sense of melancholy for a stolen adolescence and the irreversible loss that defines a generation. A coming-of-age story where the political is deeply, tragically personal. — MovieFinder Editorial