Bureaucrat by day, smuggler by night — one stamp at a time becomes one life at a time.
1943. Franco has blocked the path of the Jews fleeing Nazi oppression over the Pyrenees mountains. At the border crossing in a small village, Manel Grau, a civil servant with a Republican past, decides to go against the orders of his superiors and aid the refugees across the border, with the help of Juliana, a fellow inhabitant of the village, and Jérome a French smuggler. Between them, they will start a crusade to help as many Jews as they possibly can. It is then that Manel will find himself embroiled in a dangerous odyssey. One that will awaken in him and his wife, Mercè, old ghosts of the still-recent Spanish Civil War
Acting
Miki Esparbé's trembling hands say everything his mouth can't.
Cinematography
Pyrenees as prison and promise — snow never looked this political.
Director
Judith Colell
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Franco's Spain officially 'neutral' in WWII but actively turned back Jewish refugees; this village story exposes state-level cruelty through desk-level choices.
Director Judith Colell specifically cast Flemish actor Kevin Janssens as Jérome to capture the linguistic friction of the border zone — French, Spanish, Catalan all colliding.
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