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Irati is a 2022 Basque-language Spanish-French epic adventure film directed by Paul Urkijo [eu] which stars Eneko Sagardoy alongside Edurne Azkarate and Itziar Ituño, among others.

Irati
Directed by	Paul Urkijo
Based on	El ciclo de Irati by J. L. Landa and J. Muñoz
Starring	Eneko Sagardoy Edurne Azkarate Iñigo Aranbarri Nagore Aramburu Elena Uriz Iñaki Beraetxe Ramón Agirre Kepa Errasti Itziar Ituño
Production companies	Bainet Ikusgarri Films Kilima Media La Fidèle Production Irati Zinema AIE
Release dates	9 October 2022 (2022-10-09) (Sitges) 24 February 2023 (2023-02-24) (Spain)
Countries	Spain France
Language	Basque
Budget	€4.3 million

Plot

Set in the 8th century, with the backdrop of the ongoing Christianization of remote areas around the Pyrenees, the plot tracks Eneko (son to a Basque chieftain who died in the wake of a battle with Charlemagne), who helms a group of Christian and Muslim warriors guided by pagan woman Irati, set on finding the body of his father (buried under pagan customs and located next to a hoard) years after the latter's demise, initiating a journey into the forest.[1][2]

Cast

Production

Irati is based on the graphic novel El ciclo de Irati, authored by J. L. Landa and J. Muñoz.[3] It was produced by Irati Zinema AIE (Bainet, Ikusgarri Films and Kilima Media) alongside La Fidèle Production, with support from ICAA, EiTB, RTVE, Gobierno Vasco, Ayuntamiento de Vitoria-Gasteiz and Diputación Foral de Álava [es].[4] It boasts a €4.3 million budget, receiving the maximum cap of funding from the Spanish Ministry of Culture.[2]

Shot in Basque, filming wrapped in November 2021.[1] It was shot in the Pyrenees (Navarre and the province of Huesca), including locations such as the Irati Forest,[2] and the Castle of Loarre.[5]

Release

The film was selected for screening at the 55th Sitges Film Festival,[6] making its presentation on 9 October 2022.[7] Distributed by Filmax,[4] it was set for a 18 November 2022 theatrical release date in Spain.[8] The release was later re-scheduled to 24 February 2023.[9]

Filmax closed international distribution deals with Blue Swan (Italy) and Splendid (Germany).[10]

Critical response

Shelagh Rowan-Legg of Screen Anarchy and Júlia Olmo of Cineuropa stressed the Basque element; Olmo called Irati a "Basque Lord of the Rings, but with a lot less money", and complimented the level of ambition.[11][12] Rowan-Legg described it as "a woman's story",[11] whereas Olmo said it "speaks poetically about timeless human issues", such as "weight of roots, the idea of loyalty and honour, the meaning of identity, the struggle for a place and the value of that struggle, the meaning of faith, the classic concept of 'the beautiful death' (filling one's life with deeds to achieve eternal glory, to be remembered and loved in eternity), the fear of forgetting, the presence of death in life, the search for your origins and the price of that search".[12] Rowan-Legg said it is an unusual film because it manages to combine fantastical elements with a "story grounded to a place and time that is unique and real".[11]

Accolades

Year	Award	Category	Nominee(s)	Result	Ref.
2022	55th Sitges Film Festival	Audience Award (Fantàstic Official Selection)		Won	[13]
		Best Special, Visual or Makeup Effects		Won

See also

• List of Spanish films of 2023

References

На других языках

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[de] Irati (Film)

Irati ist ein historischer und epischer Abenteuerfilm von Paul Urkijo Alijo, der im Oktober 2022 beim Sitges Film Festival seine Premiere feierte und im Februar 2023 in die spanischen Kinos kommen soll. Der Film basiert lose auf der Graphic Novel El Ciclo de Irati und spielt in der mythologischen Welt des Baskenlandes.

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- [en] Irati (film)

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