Frontier

‘'Frontier'’ is a film by Judith Colell that dates back to the last century. It looks back and, together with screenwriters Miguel Ibáñez Monroy and Gerard Giménez, portrays on screen the darkness of post-war Spain.

It is the year 1943, Europe is in the midst of World War II. In a small village on the border between Spain and France, the skies are gray and the sounds of blood and smells of metal flood the land.

It is located at a strategic point, between the crossings through the Pyrenees. What was once a stretch of hope and freedom has now been blocked by the Franco regime. Those who once saw their salvation now face violence and an armed wall that prevents them from moving forward.

Although the customs office is under the regime's control, the minds of the workers are not. This is the case of Manel Grau (Miki Esparbé), a civil servant marked by republican values.

The situation changes when Juliana (Bruna Cusí) proposes the option of helping the persecuted. They are joined by Jerôme (Kevin Janssens), a French "smuggler" specialized in escapes and hiding among the silence of the mountains.

Every step is an act of rebellion, every challenge helps a growing resistance. However, resistance means tension. The contradiction between orders, survival, obligation, and freedom brings back memories of a civil war in which they were defeated just a few years ago.

Manel will delve into his repressed past and find himself caught between moving forward with his values or putting his integrity first and obeying those above. Obey or die for his principles?

Action, emotion, memory. Silence, flight, and collective memory. ''Frontier'' lays bare the courage, guilt, and a portrait of those who remained on the sidelines at a time when both those who obeyed and those who rebelled ended up with their hands stained with blood and emotional scars.