IRATI

Title: IRATI
Genre: Fantasy, Action & Adventure
Running time: 111'
Language(s): Basque
Status: Completed
Year: 2022
Director(s): Paul Urkijo Alijo
Screenplay: Paul Urkijo Alijo
Producer(s): Manu Paino, Paul Urkijo Alijo, Miguel Menendez de Zubillaga
Cast: Edurne Azkarate, Eneko Sagardoy, Elena Uriz, Itziar Ituño

Synopsis

It is the 8th century and Charlemagne’s army is devastating the Pyrenees. In an attempt to challenge this onslaught, the highlander leader of the valley asks for help from the ancestral gods of his lands, whose disappearance, brought about by the arrival of Christianity, is inevitable. After swearing a blood oath, he manages to defeat the enemy in exchange for his life. But before his death, he makes his son, Eneko, promise that he will be a good leader for the valley.

Years later, now a grown man of Christian faith, Eneko is preparing to fulfill his promise when, in strange circumstances, his father’s buried body and the treasure captured from the Franks disappears, casting serious doubts on his lineage. If Eneko is to fulfill his destiny, he will have to recover them and so he enlists the help of a young, local, pagan woman called Irati. The two of them will have to journey deep into a strange and inhospitable forest, where everything that has a name exists.

Selected at Cannes Fantastic 7

Critics reviews

"Paul Urkijo proves himself an epic narrator" - FOTOGRAMAS

"Outstanding" - SENSACINE

"Mind blowing visual effects" - EL CORREO

News

21st Nov 2022 - By Filmax

"Irati" continues to be well received at Spanish Festivals... (Read more)

7th Nov 2022 - By Douglas Wilson (Variety)

Sitges Audience Award Winner ’Irati’ Slays Euro Buyers (EXCLUSIVE)... (Read more)

14th Feb 2022 - By John Hopewell (Variety)

Filmax Introduces Sword & Mace Historical Epic ‘Irati’ (EXCLUSIVE)... (Read more)

Sinopsis

It is the 8th century and Charlemagne’s army is devastating the Pyrenees. In an attempt to challenge this onslaught, the highlander leader of the valley asks for help from the ancestral gods of his lands, whose disappearance, brought about by the arrival of Christianity, is inevitable. After swearing a blood oath, he manages to defeat the enemy in exchange for his life. But before his death, he makes his son, Eneko, promise that he will be a good leader for the valley.

Years later, now a grown man of Christian faith, Eneko is preparing to fulfill his promise when, in strange circumstances, his father’s buried body and the treasure captured from the Franks disappears, casting serious doubts on his lineage. If Eneko is to fulfill his destiny, he will have to recover them and so he enlists the help of a young, local, pagan woman called Irati. The two of them will have to journey deep into a strange and inhospitable forest, where everything that has a name exists.

Selected at Cannes Fantastic 7

Critics reviews

"Paul Urkijo proves himself an epic narrator" - FOTOGRAMAS

"Outstanding" - SENSACINE

"Mind blowing visual effects" - EL CORREO

News

21st Nov 2022 - By Filmax

"Irati" continues to be well received at Spanish Festivals... (Read more)

7th Nov 2022 - By Douglas Wilson (Variety)

Sitges Audience Award Winner ’Irati’ Slays Euro Buyers (EXCLUSIVE)... (Read more)

14th Feb 2022 - By John Hopewell (Variety)

Filmax Introduces Sword & Mace Historical Epic ‘Irati’ (EXCLUSIVE)... (Read more)

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