Kutsidazu bidea, Ixabel

Kutsidazu bidea, Ixabel

2006 · 100 min · ★ 5.7 · Comedy

Juan Martin, a young boy from San Sebastian, decides to spend the summer in a remote hillside farmhouse to improve his Basque. But there he discovers that the language they use has little in common with his classroom learnings.

Directed by Fernando Bernués · Written by Carlos Zabala

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