SANCTUAIRE
Olivier Masset-Depasse

O.V. Spanish

Straddling the border between France and Spain is a mountainous land called the Basque Country. Some of the residents of the Spanish side have been calling, and fighting, for the region’s independence since the early 1980s. Inspired by real events on both sides of the border, this fictional film recounts the struggle between the ETA (the Basque separatist army) and the GAL (Spanish government anti-ETA forces) on French territory. Based on negotiations begun by Grégoire Fortin, an...