Voces de papel

19th August 1937. Totalitarianism advances inexorably. Exiled in Santander, Lehendakari (Basque President) Aguirre calls the musician Gabriel Olaizola to entrust him with a mission: "We may have lost the war, but it's our duty to continue fighting from art". This context saw the birth of Eresoinka, the biggest Basque interdisciplinary art group formed by exiles, which conquered Paris and the leading European stages to which it took its message of peace. But where does the strength of art lie? What gives it the power to act as a combat tool? Inazita Olaizola and Margaritte Trueba, survivors of the epic, recall the Eresoinka adventure: the melody of the documentary. The accompaniments are provided by Marga Berra, Ione Miren Agirre and Pablo Ibarluzea, young Basque artists connected to Paris who, through their artistic disciplines, illustrate aspects common to the story of Eresoinka and the movement as a representation of life itself. (San Sebastian International Film Festival)