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Gure Sor Lekua (1956)

Gure Sor Lekua poster
Directed by
André Madré
Genre
documentary film
Country
France
Runtime
1h 30m

How it feels

This 1956 documentary was the first feature film made in the Basque language. It shows scenes of the Basque homeland to comfort Basque people living far away.

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What happens

Gure Sor Lekua is a documentary filmed in color in 1956 by General André Madré. It was the first feature film made in the Basque language, with the intention of fulfilling the nostalgia of the Basque diaspora. It premiered at the Haritz Barne cinema in Hasparren. On November 29, 2013, it was announced that a copy of this film, previously considered lost, had been recovered in Paris. Currently, no known audio of the film survives. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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