Basque Country, Spain, 1985. Four teenage friends must face life and death, social upheaval and political violence as they try to enjoy their summer vacation.
Acting
The four young leads feel authentically messy and bonded.
Cinematography
Golden-hour Basque landscapes that contrast with the darkness.
Production
Painstaking 1980s period detail without nostalgia-porn excess.
Director
Manu Gómez
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The film captures ETA's violent peak in 1985, when Basque youth lived with bombings and military checkpoints as daily reality. Director Manu Gómez grew up in this exact world.
The title's fairy-tale framing is deeply ironic — this is the anti-'Stand By Me,' where the nostalgic summer adventure genre collides with actual political trauma.
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