La pelota vasca. La piel versus la piedra
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | La pelota vasca. La piel versus la piedra |
| Country of production | Spain |
| original language | Spanish , Basque , English , French |
| Publishing year | 2003 |
| length | 117 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Julio Médem |
| script | Julio Médem |
| music | Mikel Laboa |
| camera |
Javier Aguirre Jon Elicegui |
| cut | Julio Médem |
La pelota vasca. La piel contra la piedra (Spanish for: "The Basque pelota . Leather against stone") is a documentary film by director Julio Médem that deals with the Spanish-Basque conflict.
It consists of an uncommented series of numerous interviews that were conducted with politicians, writers and artists mainly from the Basque Country. The declared aim of the film is to present the points of view of all those involved in the conflict. However, since neither representatives of the ETA nor the Spanish Partido Popular were willing to participate in the film, the film was accused of lacking representation of the extreme positions.
The title of the film refers to the Basque ball game pelota .
The film uses excerpts from the video diary Around The World With Orson Welles from 1955. Iñaki Ezquerra and Gotzone Mora, both members of the Ermua Forum discussion forum, later asked Medem to remove interviews he had with them from the film. They accused him of portraying members of the Guardia Civil as torturers and ETA members as victims. Medem did not comply. However, the interviews did not appear on the 7-hour edition.
Awards
- Goya Film Award 2004 , nominated for Best Documentary
- European Film Award 2004, nominated for Best Documentary
- Cartagena Film Festival 2004, nominated for Best Film
Web links
- La pelota vasca. La piel contra la piedra in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Official page for the film
Individual evidence
- ↑ Dos miembros del Foro de Ermua acusan a Medem de presentar al entorno de ETA como víctimas ("Two members of the Ermua Forum accus Medem of presenting those connected to ETA as victims"), El Mundo (Spain), September 16, 2003. Retrieved March 9, 2006.