Clandestinos

Clandestinos

2008 · 81 min · ES · 5.1 (19 votes)
Dir. Antonio Hens · Starring Israel Rodríguez, Mehroz Arif, Hugo Catalán, Juanma Lara, Elena Martínez, Inma Cuevas · Music Sergio de la Puente

The rebellion begins now

DramaThriller

Xabi, a troubled boy, meets Iñaki, a member of the terrorist gang ETA who becomes his mentor and ideological inspiration. Some time later, Xabi is arrested for throwing a Molotov cocktail and confined in a juvenile detention center, where he meets Joel, a Mexican, and Driss, a Moroccan, with whom he manages to flee and reach Madrid with the purpose of finding Iñaki and joining the gang.

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This film feels like a raw, unflinching look at misguided youth searching for purpose. It's a bleak journey through radicalization and the desperate search for belonging in a harsh world, set against a backdrop of political unrest.

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