Dark Years

Feb 12, 1992

1h 32m

★ 6.5

Overview

Itziar is eight years old and lives in two very different worlds. On the one hand, the world of her disappointed Basque nationalist parents and, on the other, the religious school, which gives the girl a repressive and retrograde education. However, there is another kind of world, much nicer to Itziar, formed by the street and her friends.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

José María Lara

Euskal Média S.A.

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Cast

Child Itziar

Eider Amilibia

Young Itziar

Garazi Elorza

Mother

Klara Badiola

Father

Carlos Panera

Miren

Amaia Basurto

Sofia

Andrea Toledo

Maite

Bárbara Goenaga

Nieves

Nere Illarramendi

Maria Pilar

Nora Gurrutxaga

Ana Mari

Haizea Uria

Old man

Joxe Lizaso

Seller

Itziar Lazkano

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