There is no town called Bizkarsoro on the maps, but what director Josu Martinez (Bilbao, 1986) tells in his film “Bizkarsoro” represents many real towns. The collective feature film compiles five global stories collected in Baigorri and brought to the screen by its inhabitants, and articulates a story that describes the process between 1914 and 1982 by which the majority language of some small Basque towns changed from Basque. to be Spanish.
“Just as Bertolucci counts in Novecento the history of the labor movement in the 20th century, I wanted to tell the history of Basque speakers; not the history of Basque, but that of Basque speakers: how a language dies,” the director explained to us at Zinemaldia.
Starting today, “Bizkarsoro” can be seen in Álava (Florida, Vitoria-Gasteiz), Bizkaia (Zugaza, Durango), Gipuzkoa (Leidor, Tolosa), Lapurdi (Atalante, Baiona, and Donibane Lohizune), Navarra (Iortia, Altsasu), Lower Navarra (Donibane Garazi) and Zuberoa (Maule).
Later, “Bizkarsoro” will reach other locations such as Donapaleu, Kanbo, Azpeitia, Usurbil, Oiartzun, Errenteria, Bilbao…
Source: Eitb
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