A church. 5,000 workers. 100 armed cops. History doesn't repeat, but it sure rhymes hard.
Vitoria, Basque Country, Spain, March 3, 1976. After several months of protests demanding decent working conditions, a general strike is called. Thousands of workers gather at the church of San Francisco while a hundred heavily armed policemen wait to act.
Direction
Cabaco builds dread like a pressure cooker with no release valve.
Acting
Amaia Aberasturi carries the weight of generations in her eyes.
Director
Víctor Cabaco
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The Vitoria massacre was buried by Franco's regime and barely acknowledged until 2019 — this film premiered as the first trial finally opened, 43 years later.
Director Víctor Cabaco cast actual descendants of massacre victims; Amaia Aberasturi's grandmother was present at the real church gathering.
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