Overview

• Screened out of competition at the San Sebastián Film Festival, the feature marks Agustín Díaz Yanes’s return to directing a decade after his last film.
• Early critics describe the premiere as a letdown, with at least one review arguing it is not the long-awaited definitive film about ETA.
• Díaz Yanes has said he would not stage attacks in an unrealistically gory way, framing the project as fiction grounded in documented history.
• The story follows Amaia, played by Susana Abaitua, a Guardia Civil agent embedded in ETA for years, drawing on experiences of agents including Arantxa Berradre.
• The narrative references the 12-year Operation Santuario to locate ETA arms caches in Iparralde and blends dramatization with archival news footage.