Director Icíar Bollaín’s “Maixabel” – which world premiered last month in San Sebastian’s main competition and screens at this week’s Spanish Screenings-Malaga de Cine – is a turbulent and emotiona…
” – which world premiered last month in San Sebastian’s main competition and screens at this week’s Spanish Screenings-Malaga de Cine – is a turbulent and emotional look into the repercussions of terrorist violence, both for the victims and the victimizers. The film follows the aftermath of the murder of politician Juan María Jáuregui from the perspective of his widow, Maixabel , as well as the ETA terrorists who committed the killing.
Isa Campo and I had long conversations with the real protagonists and then we tried to find the scenes and dialogues that express them better so we could distill them into the film. They’re relevant today since we are looking back at ETA 10 years after they definitely stopped. It is also relevant as an example of dialogue and empathy in a moment where we are seeing very much the opposite in politics. And beyond Spain, unfortunately, wherever you look you find countries immersed in violence or trying to get out of it in peace processes like the one in Colombia. Societies have to deal with the aftermath of violence and restorative justice one way or another.
We were used to watching news headlines, the names of those killed…the facts. But in a film you can tell how it feels, what it really means for the wife, the daughter. It was important to see the consequences of the killing for the survivors, how they get the news, how they mourn, how they struggle to keep going…and on the other hand these two men in the story go through a very difficult and deep journey of self-criticism and confrontation for their crimes.
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