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Irati
Spain / France 2022
produced by
Iñaki Burutxaga, Juanjo Landa, Paul Urkijo Alijo, Jone Miren Goenaga (executive) for Bainet Zinema, Ikusgarri Films, Kilima Media, La Fidèle Production, Ayuntamiento de Vitoria-Gasteiz, Crea SGR, Euskal Irrati Telebista (EiTB), Instituto de la Cinematografía y de las Artes Audiovisuales (ICAA), Radio Televisión Española (RTVE), Triodos Bank
directed by Paul Urkijo Alijo
starring Eneko Sagardoy, Edurne Azkarate, Itziar Ituño, Elena Uriz, Kepa Errasti, Nagore Aranburu, Iñigo Aranbarri, Iñigo Beraetxe, Josu Eguskiza, Unax Hayden, Miren Tirapu, Aitor Echarte, Gaizka Chamizo, Jean Michel Bereau, Leire Indurain, Asier Hernández, Ramón Agirre, Patxi Bisquert, Karlos Arguiñano, Asier Alustiza, Nora Gondat, Daniel Blasco, Elías García, Eguzki Zubia, Mirena Nafarrate, Ibán Malo, Ion Barbarin, Sergio Izpura, Ortzi Acosta, Ivan Saldaña, Ibán Uriz, Gorka Zubeldia, Ane Sagüés, Eva Azpilicueta, Francisco Javier Salvo, Txetxu Collado Berruezo, Ismael Galán, Boris Díaz, Iñaki Esparza, Oihane Poveda, Javier Naval, Amancay Gaztañaga, Koldo Fernández, [Gabriel García Muñoz
written by Paul Urkijo Alijo, based on the graphic novel by Jon Muñoz Otaegui, Juan Luis Landa, music by Maite Arroitajauregi, Aránzazu Calleja, special effects by Drama FX, visual effects by Onirikal Studio
review by
Mike Haberfelner
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Somewhen in the Dark Age: Back when Eneko (Unax Haden) was raised as a
farm boy, and he was best friends with forest girl Irati (Leire Lindurain)
- but since, his father has become king of the realm. But now that dad's
dying, his cousin Belasko (Kepa Errasti) demands the throne, and he wins
over the crowd by "blaming" the peace with the non-Christian
Saracenes on Eneko (as an adult played by Eneko Sagardoy). Then Eneko's
father's corpse disappears and that seems to confirm everything that
Belasko was saying all along, and he's made king. Eneko couldn't care less
who's king though, but he wants his father's body back, and just happens
to know it was taken by Irati's (now played by Edurne Azkarte) mum Mari
(Itziar Ituno), a mythological creature and goddess of her own realm.
Eneko wants to retrieve the body - but Belasko has heard that Mari also
has in her possession the vast treasure of the Franks, and obviously wants
that, so sends some of his mercenaries after Eneko. Thing is, Mari has
quite some monsters at her disposal to keep away, people, friend or foe
... Now here's a film that looks nothing short of impressive:
Beautiful costumes in front of impressive landscapes, scary monsters and
not too much reliance on CGI, all captured by marvelous camerawork while
the direction puts an emphasis on atmosphere. So this is really a great
movie when it comes to looks alone. Unfortunately, Irati doesn't
manage to convince quite as well on the story side of things: Basically,
the plot's just routine fantasy, with its characters never go beyond mere
clichée, and in all the thing just takes itself too seriously and lacks
playfulness. So basically, this is something for the eye - but lacks depth
at the same time.
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