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The Basque Ball: Skin Against Stone
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The Basque Ball: Skin Against Stone

2003-10-03 · 115 min · ★ 6.5

Documentary · History

An attempt to create a bridge between the different political positions that coexist, sometimes violently, in the Basque Country, in northern Spain.

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Directors
Julio Medem
Production companies
Alicia Produce, EiTB, Canal+ España
Countries
Spain
Status
Released

Top Cast

Julio MedemJulio MedemSelf - Interviewer
Ione HernándezSelf - Interviewer
Maider OleagaMaider OleagaSelf - Interviewer
Xabier ArzalluzSelf - Politician
Bernardo AtxagaBernardo AtxagaSelf - Writer
Txiki BenegasSelf - Politician
Txetxo BengoetxeaSelf - Musician
Odón ElorzaSelf - Politician
Iñaki GabilondoIñaki GabilondoSelf - Journalist
Carlos GaraikoetxeaSelf - Politician
Juan José IbarretxeSelf - Politician
Felipe González MárquezFelipe González MárquezSelf - Politician
Julen MadariagaSelf - Politician / ETA Founder
Fermin MuguruzaSelf - Musician
Arnaldo OtegiSelf - Politician / Former ETA Member
Gregorio Peces BarbaSelf - Politician
Alec ReidSelf - Irish Priest
José María AznarSelf - Politician (archive footage)
Gemma NiergaGemma NiergaSelf - Journalist (archive footage)
José Luis Rodríguez ZapateroJosé Luis Rodríguez ZapateroSelf - Politician (archive footage)

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