Face to Face with ETA: Conversations with a Terrorist

Face to Face with ETA: Conversations with a Terrorist

Directed by Màrius Sánchez, Jordi Évole

Produced by Producciones del Barrio

2023103 min7.0 / 10

A cerebral, morally complex documentary that sits face-to-face with a former terrorist leader, grappling with questions of ideology, violence, and historical reckoning.

An in-depth interview with José Antonio Urrutikoetxea, known as Josu Ternera, one of the most relevant leaders of the terrorist gang ETA.

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  • Is Face to Face with ETA: Conversations with a Terrorist easy watching? Not especially. Less comforting than 74% of films.

  • Does Face to Face with ETA: Conversations with a Terrorist end with hope? Not especially. Less hopeful than 70% of films.

  • Is Face to Face with ETA: Conversations with a Terrorist scary? Somewhat. More frightening than 61% of films.

  • Is Face to Face with ETA: Conversations with a Terrorist sad? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

  • Is Face to Face with ETA: Conversations with a Terrorist violent? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

82/ 100

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