Loreto Mauleón

Lara returns from Paris with her partner, Telmo, to settle in San Sebastian. Daniel has never left the city; today he lives with his girlfriend, Vera, and works for his mother's real estate agency. Lara and Daniel's lives cross while visiting a flat for sale; but this may not be the first time they have met. Halfway between the past and the present, Gelditasuna ekaitzean (Stillness in the Storm) explores the love story of two people whose lives, in other circumstances, in other times, could have taken other paths.

A look at the impact of Spain’s Basque conflict on ordinary people on both sides, such as the widow of a man killed by the ETA who returns to her home village after the 2011 ceasefire between the separatist group and the Spanish government, and her former intimate friend, the mother of a jailed terrorist.

The spiritual journey of a teenager who discovers a passion for painting in the context of a hard working neighborhood gray Bilbao during recent years of the Franco dictatorship. In this hostile environment of beauty and art, a group of foundry workers spends his free time painting. They are fond of painting by pure love of art.