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6.5/10   510 votes
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16 September 2005 (Spain) more
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A rural drama set in Obaba, a mythical region in northern Spain, where a young filmmaker struggled to capture the feel of the area, which in turn leads to a wealth of self-discovery. | add synopsis
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3 wins & 18 nominations more
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Cast

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Pilar López de Ayala ... Maestra

Juan Diego Botto ... Miguel
Bárbara Lennie ... Lourdes
Eduard Fernández ... Lucas
Peter Lohmeyer ... Ingeniero Werfell
Héctor Colomé ... Ismael
Pepa López ... Merche
Txema Blasco ... Tomás
Iñake Irastorza ... Begoña
Ryan Cameron ... Esteban niño
Christian Tardío ... Manuel
Alejandro Jiménez ... Ismael niño
Julia Torrens ... Begoña niña
Vanesa Moñino ... Merche Niña
Pablo Manjón ... Tomás niño
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Obaba - Das Dorf der grünen Eidechse (Germany)
Obaba, le village du lézard vert (France) [fr]
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Canada:100 min (Toronto International Film Festival) | Argentina:100 min
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4 out of 11 people found the following comment useful.
visually stunning, 24 October 2005
9/10
Author: penyberth from Canada

This is a beautiful film, evocative of life in a rural Basque village, based on the book Obabakoak, by Bernardo Atxaga. It is a fine film, rich in symbolism.

The audience was quite involved and interested. This was in Bilbao, and the film was dubbed into Euskera (Basque) with no subtitles.

It's vitally important to do more films in threatened languages such as Euskera. Atanarjuat was made in Inuktitut, Hedd Wyn in Welsh. Both were a success both critically and popularly. Since Atxaga is the author who has put Basque literature on the map, his film should and could have been made in Basque.

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