Lasa & Zabala

Lasa & Zabala

The Case Lasa and Zabala was the first terrorist act carried out by the Anti-Terrorist Liberation Groups (GAL).

Directed by Pablo Malo

Produced by Abra Producciones, Departamento de Cultura del Gobierno Vasco

2014107 min6.0 / 10

A grim, methodical legal thriller about the pursuit of justice for two murdered activists, grounded in real historical trauma and institutional corruption.

In October 1983, members of ETA Lasa and Zabala disappear in Bayonne. Twelve years later, their bodies, tortured and buried in quicklime by the GAL (Anti-Terrorist Liberation Groups) are identified. Then begins a process in which the lawyer for the two families (Unax Ugalde) and his assistant try to justice and that the murderers sit on the dock.

Questions people ask

  • Is Lasa & Zabala sad? Yes, very. More sad than 96% of films.

  • Is Lasa & Zabala easy watching? No. Less comforting than 92% of films.

  • Is Lasa & Zabala scary? Yes. More frightening than 82% of films.

  • Is Lasa & Zabala violent? Yes. More violent than 80% of films.

  • Does Lasa & Zabala end with hope? Not especially. Less hopeful than 63% of films.

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.

22/ 100

Cinnamon Score

How much this film gives you that nothing else will, and whether it delivers.

Conventional, and it does not land.

Rarity40

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise9

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love22

How much audiences actually like it

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Similar, pushed toward heavier and more intense.

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Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.

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