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Maixabel

Maixabel

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Status

Released

Release Date

Sep 24, 2021

Runtime

1h 55m

Genres

Drama

User Score

72%

Original Title

Maixabel

Production Companies

Kowalski Films, Feelgood Media

Director

Icíar Bollaín

Description

In the year 2000, Maixabel Lasa’s husband, Juan Maria Jauregi, was killed by ETA. Eleven years later, she receives an incredible request: one of the men who killed Juan wants to meet with her in the Nanclares de la Oca prison in Araba (Spain), where he is serving his sentence after breaking ties with the terrorist group. Despite her reservations and her immense pain, Maixabel Lasa agrees to meet face to face with those who ended the life of the person who had been her companion since she was 16 years old. ‘Everyone deserves a second chance’, she said, when asked why she was willing to confront the man who killed her husband.