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Narrative The Accordionist's Son (2019):

David Imaz had to flee from the Basque Country in the mid-seventies, repudiated by his people, accused of betrayal. Despite having found happiness in California, his past still weighs him down and the feeling of guilt prevents him from being able to settle down and peacefully enjoy the last days of his life. Joseba Altuna, his childhood friend, comes to say goodbye and to settle the score while he's at it. It's been a long time since they saw one another, but the time has come to face the truth.

Movie details

Title: The Accordionist's Son
Released: 2019-04-12
Genre: Drama
Director: Sam Mendes
Date: 2019-04-12
Runtime: 95
Company: A, T, E
Homepage: Homepage Movie
Trailer: Video Trailer

Casts of The Accordionist's Son:

Aitor Beltrán, Iñaki Rikarte, Cristian Merchan, Bingen Elorza, Frida Palsson, Joseba Apaolaza, Eneko Sagardoy, Mireia Gabilondo, Miren Arrieta, Xabier Perurena, Laia Bernués, José Ramón Argoitia,

Based on the novel by author Bernardo Atxaga, The Accordionist’s Son tells the story of two men who are forced to face their dark past as part of the Basque separatist movement of the 1960s. On the eve of a complicated heart operation, estranged best friends David (Aitor Beltrán) and Joseba (Iñaki Rikarte) are reunited on a ranch in Northern California.

Internationally acclaimed Basque author Bernardo Atxaga is a poet as well as a novelist. His 2004 novel, "The Accordionist's Son", is, at one level, the coming-of-age story of David Imaz, a talented accordionist player in the footsteps of his father.

Quartet Records presents a new score composed by Fernando Velázquez (El guardian invisible, A Monster Calls, Durante la tormenta, The Orphanage) for a Spanish drama directed by Fernando Bernués and based on the acclaimed novel by Bernardo Atxaga.This is a story of how an unlikely childhood friendship develops into a complex adult relationship in a convoluted social context.

The Accordionist's Son is a remarkably powerful and accomplished novel, exploring the life of David Imaz, a former inhabitant of the Basque village of Obaba, now living in exile and ill-health on a ranch in California. As a young man, David divides his time between his uncle's ranch and his life in the village, where he reluctantly practises the accordion on the insistence of his authoritarian ...

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The Accordionist’s Son David Imaz had to flee the Basque Country in the mid-seventies, repudiated by his own, accused of treason. Despite finding happiness in California, his past continues to weigh on him and the feeling of guilt does not allow him to face his last days of life with serenity.

Bernardo Atxaga's latest novel, The Accordionist's Son , aims to expose the effects that the Spanish Civil War and its aftermath had on the collective conscious of the Basque people. However, it is not a novel of the war, nor is it record of the clandestine resistance that followed. It is a novel of a people and a place, about a way of living life that vanishes as soon as it hits the page.

But a few months ago, David was diagnosed with a serious illness and as a result, decided to write a memoir of his childhood in the village of Obaba. David has just finished “The Accordionist’s Son”, right before he is to undergo a life-or-death operation.