Country Spain Genre Dark Comedy, Fiction, Drama Year 2025 Running Time 114 min Screenplay Asier Altuna Iza Cinematography Javi Agirre Erauso Music Aitor Etxebarria Editing Laurent Dufreche Cast Jone Laspiur, Eneko Sagardoy, Nagore Aramburu International Sales Filmax Contact filmax@filmax.com Synopsis

1937. Karmele and her family take refuge in France, after being forced to flee their home because of the Spanish Civil war. There, Karmele is contacted by the Basque cultural embassy in exile, whose aim is to fight the war using music and dance.

Asier Altuna Iza

Asier Altuna is a Basque filmmaker born in Bergara in 1969. After studying in Andoáin and Venezuela, he worked as a technician before making his directorial debut with the short film Txotx alongside Telmo Esnal. He gained widespread recognition with his first feature, the hit comedy Aupa Etxebeste!, which won the Youth Award at the San Sebastián International Film Festival. His solo work includes the documentary Bertsolari and the acclaimed drama Amama, winner of the Irizar Award. His most recent feature film is Karmele.

Filmography

Aupa Etxebeste! (feature film, 2005)
Bertsolari (documentary feature, 2011)
Amama (feature film, 2015)
Kalebegiak (feature film, 2016)
Agur Etxebeste! (feature film, 2019)
Arzak Since 1897 (documentary feature, 2020)
Hondalea: Marine Abyss (documentary feature, 2021)
Karmele (feature film, 2025)

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