Javi Alaiza

Le Nouvel An. Nico le puceau se met désespérément en chasse pour assouvir ses besoins sexuels. D’une tentative ratée à une autre, son approche maladroite le condamne à une nuit de solitude. À travers la foule dansante apparaît Medea, une vision mythique de tresses rousses et d’émeraude scintillante. L’intrigante cougar jette ses charmes sur Nico et l’entraîne dans sa sordide tanière. La première fois est souvent gênante et malhabile. Celle de Nico sera un cauchemar sans fin.

The first work from Fernando Franco revolves around Ana, a 30 year old ambulance driver. Though good at her job, Ana has problems relating in her personal life. She doesn't know it, but she suffers from a condition known by psychiatrists as Borderline Personality Disorder. The situation pushes her to outbreaks of self-destructive behaviour, alcohol abuse and self-harm. Ana is incapable of getting what she wants most: to be happy.

In the winter of 1936-1937, in the Biscayan-Alevan front, militiamen of the CNT arrive in the village of Meroño with the aim of reinforcing the defenses against the imminent advance of the columns of requetés; Carlist soldiers adept at the cause of the rebels. Alicia, an anarchist militiaman, will establish a close relationship with Rosarito, a girl from the village, who will try to survive a war that will change her way of life forever.

Spain, 1997. The story of twelve days in July during which Basque society left indifference and fear behind and faced the threat of the terrorist group ETA.