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Asier eta biok / una producción de Doxa Producciones ; una producción de Cineática Films ; guión e dirección, Amaia Merino, Aitor Merino ; director de fotografía, Aitor Francisco Merino Unzueta ; música, Alex Alvear, Alicia Alemán.
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- Basque
- English
- Spanish
- Subjects (All):
- Aranguren, Asier.
- Merino, Aitor, 1972-.
- Merino, Aitor.
- Merino, Aitor, 1972---Friends and associates.
- ETA (Organization).
- Actors--Spain.
- Actors.
- Friends and associates.
- Spain.
- Genre:
- Documentary films.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (94 minutes)
- Other Title:
- Asier y yo
- Asier and I
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Pragda, 2013.
- Language Note:
- In Basque and Spanish with English subtitles.
- System Details:
- data file
- Summary:
- Asier and I tells the story of the friendship between Aitor and Asier Aranguren from their time growing up together in the conflict-affected and politicized eighties of Pamplona. Eventually, Aitor moved to Madrid to pursue his dream of becoming an actor and Asier joined the terrorist group ETA. Years later, Asier was arrested and interned in a French prison, where he was detained for eight years. When Asier was released in 2010, Aitor wanted to recover his relationship with his childhood friend and try to understand what could have led to him to join ETA, so he went to his release in France with a camera in order to tell this story. Beyond the story of Asier, Aitor, and the Basque conflict, the film raises universal questions: can we justify blood crimes on the name of an ideal? Can friendship transcend ideology and political extremism? Narrated with humor and cinematographic devises such as direct address, Asier and I does an excellent job at keeping the spectator engaged throughout the film. The documentary remained in Spanish theaters for an impressive four months.
- Notes:
- Title from resource description page (viewed July 22, 2016).
- Won 2013 San Sebastián International Film Festival, Irizar Award
- OCLC:
- 964562037
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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