Maixabel
In the year 2000, Maixabel Lasa’s husband, Juan Maria Jauregi, was killed by ETA. Eleven years later, she receives an incredible request: one of the men who killed Juan wants to meet with her in the Nanclares de la Oca prison in Araba (Spain), where he is serving his sentence after breaking ties with the terrorist group. Despite her reservations and her immense pain, Maixabel Lasa agrees to meet face to face with those who ended the life of the person who had been her companion since she was 16 years old. ‘Everyone deserves a second chance’, she said, when asked why she was willing to confront the man who killed her husband.
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Cast
20 people
Blanca Portillo
Maixabel Lasa
Known for
Volver
Boy Missing
Luis Tosar
Ibon Etxezarreta
Known for
Sleep Tight
Cell 211
Urko Olazabal
Luis Carrasco
Urko Olazábal
Luis Carrasco
Known for
Patria
Red Queen
María Cerezuela
María Jáuregui
Known for
Killer Book Club
Tamara Canosa
Esther
Known for
The Asunta Case
Eye for an Eye
María Jesús Hoyos
Madre de Ibon
Known for
30 Coins
Perfect Strangers
Arantxa Aranguren
Carmen
Known for
Parallel Mothers
Off Course
Bruno Sevilla
Luichi (Marido María)
Known for
Someone Has to Die
Red Queen
Josu Ormaetxe
Juan Mari Jáuregui
Known for
Cuéntame cómo pasó
Martxelo Rubio
Amigo Maixabel
Patxo Tellería
Director Cárcel
Icíar Bollaín Director · Isa Campo Writer Alberto Iglesias Composer
United States release October 15, 2021 · Produced in Spain · Languages Basque, Spanish
Production
Kowalski Films
Production
Feelgood Media
Production
TVE
Production
Movistar+
Production
ETB
Production
Spain
Produced in
Languages
Original language
Spanish
Spoken on screen
Basque · Spanish
Release dates
Spain · September 18, 2021
Premiere · Donostia-San Sebastián International Film Festival
Spain · September 24, 2021
Theatrical
United States · October 15, 2021
Premiere · Chicago International Film Festival
Australia
April 20, 2022 · Premiere · Spanish Film Festival
Brazil
January 16, 2025 · Theatrical
France
June 14, 2022 · Premiere · Rencontres des Côtes de Bretagne, Dinard
November 9, 2022 · Theatrical
March 15, 2023 · Digital · VOD
April 4, 2023 · Physical · DVD
Germany
May 26, 2022 · Theatrical
Greece
June 30, 2022 · Theatrical
Netherlands
November 1, 2021 · Premiere · Leiden International Film Festival
Switzerland
September 25, 2021 · Premiere · Zurich Film Festival
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