Mikel's Death

Mikel's Death

198490 min5.3 / 10

A somber, intimate examination of a man's life and death told through the perspectives of those closest to him, grappling with identity, tradition, and loss in Franco-era Spain.

Opening at the funeral mass for Mikel, we flashback to those that played a part in Mikel's life and death; his estranged wife, his traditional Basque mother, a female impersonator and friend to Mikel in his coming out, and even the local priest.

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