2023-09-24 07:48:02
Thunderous applause and great emotion among the more than 600 attendees at the first screening for the general public of the documentary ‘No me llama Ternera’. After finishing the screening, the directors Jordi Évole and Màrius Sánchez participated in a discussion in which the audience’s spontaneous interventions made the hair stand on end. The words of Francisco Ruiz, victim of an attack in which Ternera participated, brought more than one person to their feet to show him the affection of what Évole called a “cross-sectional audience.” There were no major incidents, although a small group of hooded people stood at the entrance and had to be removed by the Ertzaintza. The agents guarded the door throughout the session and security could also be seen inside the room.
The main protagonist of the colloquium was Francisco Ruiz, who merged in an emotional hug with Évole when the lights were turned on. He took the microphone and remembered all the victims of terrorism, as well as his own experience. “For 55 years they have terrorized the citizens and we had to flee Euskadi like stinkers, it has been very painful,” he explained. In addition, he asked that “the history that the country has experienced be told in the books of the ESO and Baccalaureate schools.”
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Especially moving was the intervention of a woman who described the documentary as “a contribution to peace and truthfulness”, as would “end the Official Secrets Law” or “know what happened in the 330 unclarified ETA cases.” ». A speech that caught the attention of the audience and ended in long applause when it was revealed that the person holding the microphone was Pili Zabala Artano, sister of Jose Ignacio Zabala, murdered by the GAL. And she ended up wanting to recognize “all the victims who do not know who the murderers of their loved ones are.”
The attendees empathized
There were also those who sympathized with the story of Francisco Ruiz. A woman spoke up and told the experiences of a nearby police officer. “I saw how that person had to change his address because he was threatened and I understand Francisco very well, he has experienced a very difficult situation,” she stated. Another man thanked Évole for helping to create “a better future with the projection” and noted that the members of ETA “wanted to free their people and filled their hands with blood”, without forgetting that “the State did not play a clean paper.
Gorka Landaburu, among the attendees.
During the approximate half hour that the colloquium lasted, the seats were barely empty and Gorka Landaburu confessed that Josu Urrutikoetxea had “disappointed” him. He stressed that many people related to the terrorist group “have to carry the backpack of what they have done, not just those who have been on the front lines.” Likewise, he criticized the signatories who wanted to avoid the screening and invited “everyone to dialogue, because today we have taken a very important step.”
Looking at the audience, Évole and Sánchez answered the questions of the attendees and highlighted “the respect and model attitude” that was experienced in the room. They also wanted to thank José Luis Rebordinos, director of the San Sebastián Festival, for “enduring the criticism that the documentary has generated.”
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