The shadow of the ombú

Original title
Ombuaren itzala

GENRE
Documentary

STATUS
Completed

SINOPSIS

Born in 1857 into a humble family of bertsolaris in Zizurkil (Gipuzkoa, Spain), Pello Mari Otaño has left an important legacy, both in the world of “bertsolarismo” and in popular poetry. His life was marked by emigration to the diaspora, melancholy, and a constant search for identity. At the end of the 19th century, fleeing the conflicts and instability that ravaged the Basque Country, he decided to emigrate to Argentina, a common destination for many Basques seeking a new beginning. He herded cattle with the gauchos, worked at many trades, and read popular poets such as Rufo Tolosa and José Hernández. In Buenos Aires, he began teaching Basque language at the Laurak Bat Basque Center and wrote the libretto for a couple of operas. Otaño felt Argentinean in Europe and Basque in the Pampas. Melancholic under the shade of the ombú, a tree of the pampas, Otaño found inspiration by transforming this tree into a symbol of the emigrant's nostalgia, alleviating the longing of generations of Basque emigrants.

YEAR END OF PROJECT
2024

DURATION IN MINUTES
115 min.

FILMING FORMAT
Full-length film

ORIGINAL VERSION
Basque

SUBTITLES
English, Spanish, Basque, French

PRODUCTION COMPANY

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Eguzki Art Zinema S.L.

CONTACT
Patxi Manterola Bisquert
pmirenabisquert@hotmail.es
687841313

DIRECTOR
Patxi Bisquert

SCRIPT
Patxi BISQUERT, sobre textos de Koldo Izagirre

CINEMATOGRAPHY
Javier Bilbao

ARTISTIC DIRECTION
Beñat Manterola

EDITION
Joseba Salegi

SOUND EDITION
Danel Ciaurriz

MUSIC
Koldo Uriarte

PERFORMERS
Joseba Usabiaga (Otaño), y Sara Cozar (Madalen). Hodei Arrastoa, Maia O’Brien, Iñaki Beraetxe, Angel Mari Peñagarikano, Ramon Agirre, Klara Badiola, Inazio Tolosa, Oihana Iguaran, Maitane Perez, Jon Ander Urresti, Asier Sota, Eriz Alberdi, Amaiur Macias,

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