Irati (2022)

Directed by

Paul Urkijo

Genre

fantasy film, adventure film, medieval film

Country

France, Spain

Runtime

1h 54m

Rated

16

Rating

6.6 of 10 from 110 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Set in the 8th century during the Christianization of the Pyrenees, a Basque chieftain's son journeys into a forest guided by a pagan woman to find his father's body. The story draws from Basque mythology.

epicatmosphericmythologicalslow-burndarkmeditativevisually lushadventurous

What happens

Irati is a 2022 epic fantasy adventure film written and directed by Paul Urkijo Alijo based on the graphic novel El ciclo de Irati which stars Eneko Sagardoy alongside Edurne Azkarate and Itziar Ituño. A Spanish-French co-production shot in Basque heavily borrowing from Basque mythology, the film is set in the 8th century against the backdrop of the ongoing Christianization of remote areas around the Pyrenees. The plot tracks Eneko (Sagardoy), son to a Basque chieftain who died in battle, who journeys into the forest to find the body of his father, guided by pagan woman Irati (Azkarate). Irati world premiered at the 55th Sitges Film Festival on 9 October 2022. It was released theatrically in Spain by Filmax on 24 February 2023. It received five Goya Awards nominations. It became the highest-grossing Basque-language film ever. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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