Aro Berria

España, 2025.

Directed by: Irati Gorostidi Agirretxe.

Irati Gorostidi Agirretxe is a Basque filmmaker and researcher focused on labor movements and community experiences from the 1970s. After several short films, she moved into features with "Aro berria," developed through programs like Ikusmira Berriak, Next Step (Semaine de la Critique), and the Locarno Residency.

Cast: Aimar Uribesalgo Urzelai, Óscar Pascual López, Maite Mugerza Ronse.

Running time: 102 min.

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Synopsis

Donostia, 1978. Workers at a water meter factory gather to debate a strike that ultimately fails. Disillusioned, the more restless among them redirect their aspirations toward more intimate forms of transformation. Some leave the factory and join an isolated mountain community, where a group of young people embark on a collective search through shared, cathartic experiences. What begins within the confines of industrial life gradually shifts toward an alternative way of living, exploring new structures and systems beyond mainstream society. Visually provocative, the film reflects on the tension between social struggle and personal reinvention.

Donostia, 1978. Workers at a water meter factory gather to debate a strike that ultimately fails. Disillusioned, the more restless among them redirect their aspirations toward more intimate forms of transformation...

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