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The Dinner Guest

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Iciar (Susana Abaitua) and Fernando (Fernando Oyagüez) are young and going through the most traumatic experience in their lives: the loss of a parent; but they don't seem to be able to share that pain nor the means to handle it. They live in different times. In 1977 in Bilbao, Fernando faces the kidnapping of his father at the hands of ETA. In 2011 in Navarra, a ferocious cancer strikes down Amalia (Adriana Ozores), Iciar's mother. With this loss, Iciar processes the tragic kidnapping and murder of her grandfather, whom she never met, at the hands of ETA in 1977. Facing Fernando's refusal (Ginés García Millán) to talk about it, Iciar embarks on a reconstruction of the kidnapping. In an effort to bring light into the family's memory, her father and her will meet again, in a way of looking into the past to face the future.

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Carlos Boyero El Pais (Spain) It's a powerful topic. The movie isn't. [Full review in Spanish] May 28, 2022 Full Review Pere Vall Fotogramas Here the theme is not forgiveness: it is reconciliation and dialogue, between a father and a daughter, who, are also, are son and granddaughter... [Full review in Spanish] Rated: 4/5 May 28, 2022 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis Iciar (Susana Abaitua) and Fernando (Fernando Oyagüez) are young and going through the most traumatic experience in their lives: the loss of a parent; but they don't seem to be able to share that pain nor the means to handle it. They live in different times. In 1977 in Bilbao, Fernando faces the kidnapping of his father at the hands of ETA. In 2011 in Navarra, a ferocious cancer strikes down Amalia (Adriana Ozores), Iciar's mother. With this loss, Iciar processes the tragic kidnapping and murder of her grandfather, whom she never met, at the hands of ETA in 1977. Facing Fernando's refusal (Ginés García Millán) to talk about it, Iciar embarks on a reconstruction of the kidnapping. In an effort to bring light into the family's memory, her father and her will meet again, in a way of looking into the past to face the future.
Director
Ángeles González Sinde
Producer
Gerardo Herrero, Isabel Delclaux
Screenwriter
Ángeles González Sinde
Genre
Drama
Original Language
Spanish
Runtime
1h 40m