To improve this article, please refer to the guidelines. In order to do so, the recorded interviews are shown giving a sense of dialogue between parties that refuse to sit down and talk. All structured data from the main, property, lexeme, and entityschema namespaces is available under the creative commons cc0 license. Based in bilbao, has worked with dozens of national and international productions companies, earning more than one hundred awards in prestigious festivals worldwide. The madridbased basque director of lovers of the arctic circle and sex and lucia set out to create a polyphonic film, using 100odd interviews with activists, politicians, clergymen and. When castilian spanish forces finally conquered the basque territory in the 1500s, the basques were first given a great amount of autonomy. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see lists of open tasks and regional and topical task forces.
The french basque provinces, sometimes referred to as the northern basque country, form the western part of the pyreneesatlantic department. The skin against the stone by director julio medem. A member of a people of unknown origin inhabiting the western pyrenees and the bay of biscay in france and spain. So why is he being compared to hitlers filmmaker, asks giles tremlett. Julio medems new film tells both sides of the bloody history of spains basque country. From the north side of the basque country in france, it is estimated that between. The part of france called basque country pays basque is glorious and very different. Early travelogues celebrated a unique landscape and heritage that had bred an indomitable race, and this romantic notion of a historically, linguistically and culturally isolated nation in mainland europe, with provinces.
The basque ball cert 15 peter bradshaw friday 14 may 2004 the guardian. Previously romans played with a ball, and the most basic rule was. Today they are known as basque rural sports or games. Many spanish filmmakers have introduced different pelota vasca scenes in their feature films. Start this article has been rated as startclass on the projects. Fiachra gibbons in san sebastian monday september 22, 2003 medems the basque ball the most controversial spanish film in decades was shown last night in the face of a government campaign of opposition to it that has raised the specter of the bad old days of general francos dictatorship. Documentary about the basque nationalist movement in spain.
Basque words for man include gizon, man, gizontxo and gizona. The french side of basque country the new york times. On the west coast of france, you arrive from bordeaux and youre suddenly in mountainous terrain. If you come here often, you should tell us and the whole world, really about yourself in the bio section of your profile. Shooting and screening violence 50 films on eta explosive politics. Partly due to the terrain of the pyrenees, the basques were never defeated by the invading moors, visigoths, normans, or franks. Basque ball, skin against stone 2003, directed by julio.
With xabier arzalluz, bernardo atxaga, txiki benegas, txetxo bengoetxea. This controversial film is a look at the complicated situation between the basque. Stone lifting as sport in the basque country the new. Basque films is a production company created in 2002 by a group of professionals with wide experience in the industry. Im in favour of it and i didnt see that bias at all. An attempt to create a bridge between the different political positions that coexist, sometimes violently, in the basque country, in northern spain. Those are transcriptions from the documentary the basque ball the skin against the stone by julio medem alec reid redemptorist priest.
Palatal stops are found in some varieties of basque. The basques have occupied much the same area of northern spain and southern france for thousands of years, extending further eastward and northwards into gascony and the pyrenees, as attested by archaeological and toponymical evidence, and speak a language whose ties to other living languages are unclear at. Basque article about basque by the free dictionary. Basque synonyms, basque pronunciation, basque translation, english dictionary definition of basque. He started his career as a film critic and later as a screenwriter, assistant director and editor. The land inhabited by the basques has a mild and damp climate and is largely hilly and wooded. Medem had earlier written an open letter to a paper saying he was shocked at opposition to the film. This article is within the scope of wikiproject film. Although a little slow at times, the film is well made and was quite controversial at the time of its release. The basque ball, the skin against the stone about dialog. Company founded in 2002 with a wide experience in the audiovisual sector.
The controversy engendered by julio medems basque ball. Stone in basque, translation, englishbasque dictionary. Basque, member of a people who live in both spain and france in areas bordering the bay of biscay and encompassing the western foothills of the pyrenees mountains. Historically divided into seven basque provinces, they share the same language and culture on both sides of the border with spain. The romans had little interest in conquering basque territory due to the mountainous, somewhat nonfertile landscape. In all, there are around 3 million persons living in the region. Maitane beristain, who runs the hostel in lastur, can be contacted at naparranekua. This is athletic club bilbao basque identity vs modern football. The second broad theme across the cinematic production of the 1990s is more centred on the intermeshed links between basque nationalism, basque geography, the landscape and the transmission of the memory of the conflict and the victims testimonies with films such as vacas 1991 and the basque ball. After a few shorts he directed his first full length feature, cows vacas, 1992 for which he won a goya award. Julio medem was born in san sebastian, basque country. There was a small community of basques in liverpool, complete with their own boarding. They were angry that basque ball, the skin against the stone by julio medem, was nominated for best documentary.
Get your team aligned with all the tools you need on one secure, reliable video platform. In an area of northern spain known as basque country, the spanish government and the regions people are in a constant political struggle as the basque people strive for autonomy, an effort that. The skin against the stone is only the latest bout in a struggle to represent and explore basque identity on film. In his later years, bunuel also did film work in france. Basque definition of basque by the free dictionary. Skin against stone, directed by julio medem 2003 1 is. Spain mainly in the basque country, navarra, asturias and castilla. To use this banner, please refer to the documentation. Were sorry but jwapp doesnt work properly without javascript enabled. Bbc news entertainment spanish protest over basque film. They said the film was too sympathetic to the basque separatist group eta, who have killed more than 850 people. A modified representation of truth through the use of.
Famous spanish and latin american film directors with bios and dvds. Bopp next march, in a month or so, the movie errementari will debut in theaters. In all the basque territories, people have engaged for centuries in a series of traditional sports originating in the countryside. Its interesting that people who oppose basque independence seem to think the film is biased in favour of it. With over 100 interviews and reels upon reels of archive footage, basque ball is an incisive documentary on spain, eta, and the basque region. Basques are indigenous to and primarily inhabit an area traditionally known as the basque country basque.