In an area of northern spain known as basque country, the spanish government and the regions people are in a constant political. The french side of basque country the new york times. The basque ball, an emotionallycharged documentary by the acclaimed director julio medem, which urges the authorities in madrid to reopen talks with basque extremists, was cheered at. A film by a basque director which explores the northern spanish regions conflict has. Filmography as director feature films narrative films. Its intelligent juxtapositions help to underline the dangers of allowing a situation to reach political deadlock, while its balanced and informed treatment ensures that the film will stand as one of the most absorbing, and. Early travelogues celebrated a unique landscape and heritage that had bred an indomitable race, and this romantic notion of a historically, linguistically and culturally. An attempt to create a 123movies watch movies and tv series online free. This article is within the scope of wikiproject basque, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of basque people, basque country, basque language. British folklorist rodney gallop was a pioneer in the field of basque anthropology and a book of the basques was one of the earliest and remains one of the most readable attempts to explain basque culture to the englishspeaking world. Fiachra gibbons in san sebastian monday september 22, 2003 medems the basque ball the most controversial spanish film in decades was shown last night in the face of a government campaign of opposition to it that has raised the specter of the bad old days of general francos dictatorship. Were sorry but jwapp doesnt work properly without javascript enabled. San sebastian film festival zinemira will present more basque.
Basque pelota pilota in the original basque language also pelota vasca in spanish, pelote basque in french is the name for a variety of court sports played with a ball using ones hand, a racket, a wooden bat or a basket, against a wall frontis or fronton or, more traditionally, with two teams face to face separated by a line on the ground or a net. Basque ball, skin against stone 2003, directed by julio. Apr 03, 2001 with over 100 interviews and reels upon reels of archive footage, basque ball is an incisive documentary on spain, eta, and the basque region. A modified representation of truth through the use of editing. Based in bilbao, has worked with dozens of national and international productions companies, earning more than one hundred awards in prestigious festivals worldwide. If you come here often, you should tell us and the whole world, really about yourself in the bio section of your profile. They said the film was too sympathetic to the basque separatist group eta, who have killed more than 850 people. The name of basque pelota includes several ball games that take place in a playground called the cancha and are played against a front. Bbc news entertainment spanish protest over basque film. Dec 07, 2010 those are transcriptions from the documentary the basque ball the skin against the stone by julio medem alec reid redemptorist priest. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks. Skin against stone 2003 full movie online, stream free the basque ball.
Skin against stone by julio medem the act of killing. Memorable quotes and exchanges from movies, tv series and more. The second broad theme across the cinematic production of the 1990s is more centred on the intermeshed links between basque nationalism, basque geography, the landscape and the transmission of the memory of the conflict and the victims testimonies with films such as vacas 1991 and the basque ball. Mature, complex, and startlingly brave, basque ball was the highest grossing spanish documentary of all time. In the basque country under the french flag, the sociology is a bit different, since the population did not suffer under a dictator for almost 40 years, as the spanish side did under gen. Julio medems new film tells both sides of the bloody history of spains basque country. Levantadores the basque strongman a documentary film duration. The reflecting skin 1990 lenfant miroir watch online download subtitles player. I highly recommend this movie to anyone who is concerned with the basque problem andor with spain.
Early travelogues celebrated a unique landscape and heritage that had bred an indomitable race, and this romantic notion of a historically, linguistically and culturally isolated nation in mainland europe, with provinces. Typical of iberia, both the basques and the catalans claim the word comes from their own languages, and the rest of spain disagrees. This article is within the scope of wikiproject basque, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of basque people, basque country, basque language, history and culture on wikipedia. In our quiet studio tucked away on 1100th of an acre in the rolling hills of brooklyn, ny. Ramon barea will receive the zinemira award at the basque film and etb. Skin against stone, julio medem, 2002, entre dos mundos. Shooting and screening violence 50 films on eta explosive. Skin against stone 2003, a feature length documentary about terrorism that generated both controversy and commercial success in the spanish cinema. The basque ball was shown at the san sebastian film festival, the.
Catalans have a myth that cod was the proud king of fish and was always speaking boastfully, which was an offence to god. Cartagena film festival, european film awards, goya awards. Jan 30, 2019 fermin muguruza is a basque rock musician, singer, songwriter, producer and record label manager. As well as explaining what basque traditional sports are, through the direct testimonies of their most famous exponents, the film also reveals much about basque culture in general and includes some beautiful cinematography of the basque country. Lifting stones in the mountains or off river beds must have been a way of measuring mens strength.
They were angry that basque ball, the skin against the stone by julio medem, was nominated for best documentary. Pdf style, theme and identity in the films of julio medem david. All structured data from the main, property, lexeme, and entityschema namespaces is available under the creative commons cc0 license. The skin against the stone is only the latest bout in a struggle to represent and explore basque identity on film. Hes brother of musicians inigo muguruza and jabier muguruza and is one of the personalities interviewed for the julio medems documentary film the basque ball.
First of all, the reason why it doesnt go much beyond 1930 is because thats when it was published. Lights in the dusks rating of the film chaotic ana. Skin 460x subtitles download movie and tv series subtitles. Fermin muguruza is a basque rock musician, singer, songwriter, producer and record label manager. The madridbased basque director of lovers of the arctic circle and sex and lucia set out to create a polyphonic film, using 100odd interviews with activists, politicians, clergymen and. Cows 1991 the red squirrel 1993 earth 1996 lovers of the arctic circle 1998 sex and lucia 2001 chaotic ana 2007 room in rome 2010 ma ma 2015 the tree of blood 2018 documentary film. An attempt to create a bridge between the different political positions that coexist, sometimes violently, in the basque country, in northern spain. Basque films is a production company created in 2002 by a group of professionals with wide experience in the industry. Get your team aligned with all the tools you need on one secure, reliable video platform. Those are transcriptions from the documentary the basque ball the skin against the stone by julio medem alec reid redemptorist priest. Stonelifting competitions used to be common in town fairs, when young men competed to see who was the strongest. This article is within the scope of wikiproject film.
But be warned, it is a film that requires much attention and dedication its. Most of the focus of the film is given over to the harrijasotzaileak or stone lifters, with detailed. Contains french, castilian spanish, and basque languages. Stone lifting as sport in the basque country the new york times. Ana is the princess and the monster of this feminist fable against the tyranny of man.
The basque ball, the skin against the stone about dialog. The controversy engendered by julio medems basque ball. In order to do so, the recorded interviews are shown giving a sense of dialogue between parties that refuse to sit down and talk. Medem had earlier written an open letter to a paper saying he was shocked at opposition to the film. The photo attached is at the gym of inaki gorostidi a legendary stonelifter who managed to lift a 185kg cylindrical stone to shoulder with one hand see top right picture on wall, he was a great guy and gave me some excellant coaching on lifting basque style, where as you can see i managed to equal the world record with 329kg. Apr 20, 2014 stone lifting as sport in the basque country. Basque ball, skin against stone 2003, directed by julio medem. Their history is therefore interconnected with spanish and french history and also with the history of many other past and present countries, particularly in europe and the americas, where a large number of their descendants keep attached to their. In all, there are around 3 million persons living in the region. Basque is brandt on bass and the voice of maryasque. Following this shot caotic ana caotica ana, 2007 and his last film, a room in rome una habitacion en. With xabier arzalluz, bernardo atxaga, txiki benegas, txetxo bengoetxea.
Documentary about the basque nationalist movement in spain. The basque ball cert 15 peter bradshaw friday 14 may 2004 the guardian. Content apart, the movie has beautiful images of basque shores and mountains and includes some images from other movies too. Podnapisi za film the basque ball skin against stone v jeziku anglescina. The basque ball was shown at the san sebastian film festival, the sundance film festival, and was nominated for a goya award. The objective of this article is to establish how director julio medem conveyed the overall meaning of the basque ball.
An eerie family saga set in rural basque country, the cryptic film follows the intertwined story of three generations of two families from 1875 to 1936. Medems basque documentary sparks bitter controversy. Basque was born in one of the noisiest cities on earth. Euskaldunak are an indigenous ethnolinguistic group mainly inhabiting basque country adjacent areas of spain and france. Stone lifting is the most representative of basque traditional sports, played by kind of supermen and some superwomen. In 2003, however, medem suddenly became the bete noir of the spanish political. This controversial film is a look at the complicated situation between the basque nationalist movement and the spanish government. Vacas 1991, the red squirrel 1993, sex and lucia 2001 and basque ball. The instrumentation will grow and change but will always return to a simplistic origin.
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