Todos estamos invitados (2008)

Spain. The Basque Country. Sometime in the 90s. Josu Jon, a young member of a terrorist organization, has suffered an almost complete memory loss after being wounded in a shooting with the ... See full summary »

Director:

Manuel Gutiérrez Aragón

Writers:

Ángeles González Sinde, Manuel Gutiérrez Aragón

Stars:

Óscar Jaenada, Jose Coronado, Vanessa Incontrada

4 wins & 2 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Óscar Jaenada	...	Josu Jon
Jose Coronado	...	Xabier Legazpi
Vanessa Incontrada	...	Francesca
Iñaki Miramón	...	Imanol Iribar
Kike Díaz de Rada	...	Lesaca
Leire Ucha	...	Olatz
Iñaki Font	...	Iraultza
Paul Zubillaga	...	Paco
Adolfo Fernández	...	Orkatz González
Iñake Irastorza	...	Madre Josu
José María Asín	...	Salazar
Txema Blasco	...	Azcoaga
Josu Ormaetxe	...	Josean Abrisketa
Antonio Rupérez	...	Imanol
Patxi Barko	...	Ertzaina Comisaría (as Patxi Barco)

Storyline

Spain. The Basque Country. Sometime in the 90s. Josu Jon, a young member of a terrorist organization, has suffered an almost complete memory loss after being wounded in a shooting with the Spanish police. As he awaits for his trial, his condition is being treated at the prison hospital. Other inmates belonging to the same organization try to make him remember how brave a "gudari" -a Basque soldier- he is and how he must go back to the armed fight for the independence of their country as soon as he gets out of prison. Meanwhile, Xabier, a college professor who has been death-threatened by the terrorists due to his political views on the Basque situation, is having an affair with Francesca, a young psychologist who happens to end up trying to help Josu Jon recover his memory. A warm feeling of mutual affection grows between her and her patient. At a point, it doesn't seem to be clear whether Josu Jon really wants to recover his memory or rather forget forever who he actually is.

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Plot Keywords:

university professor | terrorism | nationalism | 

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Genres:

Drama | Romance | Thriller

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Details

Country:

Spain

Language:

Spanish Basque

Release Date:

11 April 2008 (Spain)

Also Known As:

Terrorismo Organizado

Filming Locations:

Donostia-San Sebastián, Guipúzcoa, País Vasco, Spain

Box Office

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$1,251,557

Company Credits

Production Co:

C I P I Cinematográfica

Technical Specs

Color:

Color

User Reviews

A disappointment...

I just watched the movie this evening, and the only reason for which I didn't leave the theater was because I was on my first date, and I thought it would be too rude to start off that way. I felt deeply disappointed about the movie, and I still keep thinking why the director, the script writers, the actors, etc., couldn't see they were filming a complete boutade about such a complex situation as that of the Basque Country. The movie just doesn't make any sense trying to combine (a) the portrait of a so-called terrorist (poor Oscar Jaenada) and his pathetic terrorist friends (the only connection with true terrorists must be that both groups must exchange the same unreal dialogs), (b) the complete change of attitude of what's supposed to be a brave university professor right after he receives the first warning from the terrorist group, (c) an absurd show, I guess, of Basque cuisine and traditions, and (d) the most unbelievable way of dying... It's a shame that such high percentage of the very few movies made in Spain about important issues such as terrorism, politics, corruption, etc. has to be so bad. But perhaps it's just because we don't understand what cinema is about, who knows...