Two journalists investigate the criminal activities of the GAL (Grupos Antiterroristas de Liberación), a secret terrorist organization founded in the eighties and financed by leading figures in the Spanish government and security forces to hunt down and exterminate both members and collaborators of the terrorist gang ETA.
Acting
José García's exhausted idealism anchors the chaos.
Direction
Courtois treats bureaucracy as thriller material.
Writing
Refuses easy catharsis—corruption wins, heroes barely survive.
Director
Miguel Courtois
José Garcia
Manuel Mallo
Natalia Verbeke
Marta Castillo
Jordi Mollà
Paco Ariza
Ana Álvarez
Soledad Muñoz
Mercè Llorens
Gracia
Ricard Borràs
Judge Lachambre
Manuel Galiana
Alberto de Celis
Tomás del Estal
Marcel Molina
Mar Regueras
Prosecutor Cristina Mateos
Bernard Le Coq
President
Jordi Rebellón
Carlos Peinado
José Ángel Egido
Minister of the Interior
Pedro Mari Sánchez
Judge Serna
Blanca Marsillach
Debate Moderator
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
GAL's existence was denied for years; this film arrived while perpetrators still held office.
The 'dirty war' against ETA remains Spain's most divisive open wound—this film reopened it.
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