Movies: Josean Bengoetxea

A fragmented view of contemporary Spain, drawing conclusions about the persistence of the human condition, strangeness, and the chaos within relationships....

Basque Country, Spain, 1843. A police constable arrives at a small village in Álava to investigate a mysterious blacksmith who lives alone deep in the woods....

The story of two men on different sides of a prison riot -- the inmate leading the rebellion and the young guard trapped in the revolt, who poses as a prisoner in a desperate attempt to survive the ordeal....

Suddenly, Clara, Mónica's daughter, falls into a deep coma. With Clara left to die, a mysterious man proposes Monica to make a pact: Clara will be saved if Mónica does something for him....

Bilbao, August. Jone, 20 years old, lives with her father and younger sister Marta. Aita, Jone's father, had to quit his job due to the consequences of his Parkinson's disease. Meanwhile, Bilbao's Semana Grande festivities kick off, setting the stage...

Yoyes, the first woman to hold responsibility positions within ETA, returns from exile in Mexico and try to rebuild her life. But her return is not easy....

Pello, a bank branch manager, is arrested on charges of embezzlement. Abandoned by his superior (who got him involved in the heist), Pello escapes from the court room and goes on the run. With no papers, no money and no family or friends he can trus...

In a desperate attempt to reach Europe and crouched before an airstrip in Cameroon, a six-year-old boy and his older sister wait to sneak into the holds of an airplane. Not too far away, an environmental activist contemplates the terrible image of an...

Pablo decides to get off the train at the station of a small town, buy an old and ramshackle apartment in front of the tracks and start living as if he were not the renowned architect he really is. Maybe he is running away from someone, or something,...

Cesar is 'the boss', the one everyone hates, the one some flatter and the one nobody tells the truth; the great successful businessman is on the edge of the precipice. One night his actions crumble down, his partners betray him and his wife kicks him...

Basque Country, Spain, 1985. Four teenage friends must face life and death, social upheaval and political violence as they try to enjoy their summer vacation....

A mass suicide involving members of a cult takes place in the Canary Islands. Gabriel's younger sister, Cordelia, who he hasn't seen for years, was one of the cult followers. Gabriel decides to travel there and find out what happened....

Maria wants to make her deceased mother's last wish come true. Nevertheless, in her family, nobody supports her....

Madrid, summer 2011. Economic crisis. 15-M movement and 1.5 million pilgrims waiting for the Pope’s arrival live side by side in a Madrid that’s hotter and more chaotic than ever. In this context, detectives Velarde and Alfaro must find what seems to...

Two brothers, Juan and Richi, once had a duo act, Supergalactic, with a one-off pop hit in the 1990s. When the mayor of their hometown asks them to reunite, the two decide to overlook their differences for one last taste of stardom – and a quick payd...

Álava, late 19th century. As the Third Carlist War rages, several women are found strangled to death on the outskirts of Vitoria....

Emma wants to learn how to communicate with the spirit of a girl who has been trapped in a hermitage for centuries, and to that end, she tries to persuade Carol, a sceptical medium, to help her....

The Three Wise Men, fed up with Santa taking more and more prominence from them, have decided to confront each other without knowing that this war will awaken a much more dangerous common enemy, the Krampus, who had been inactive for centuries....

In the late 1980s, in a working-class neighborhood on the outskirts of Bilbao, Basque Country, Spain. A girls' rhythmic gymnastics team has the opportunity to compete in a tournament in Berlin; but since the girls' mothers cannot take time off work, ...

Mugaldekoak is set in the early 40s, when, on this side of the border, the wounds of the Civil War were still open and, on the other, they were living under occupation by the German Army. The tale revolves around the Comète Network, an initiative dev...