A los cuatro vientos (To the Four Winds)

This film deals with the Spanish Civil War and the destruction of the civilian environment and the personal hopes of the character who serves as the narrative focus of the story: Major Esteban Urkiaga, a writer and a poet in civilian life better known by his pen-name Lauaxeta. The action is set in 1937 as Francoist troops prepare to attack Bilbao after the failure of their offensive against Madrid. In Bilbao, a civilian army poorly armed and even less prepared for war faces the conventional troops of Genera! Mola and their reinforcements consisting of Italian armoured units and the « Condor Legion » sent by Hitler. Major Urkiaga tries to explain the situation to the retired French colonel Monnier, a former member of the General Staff of Marshall Foch and currently military advisor to Basque President Aguirre . During one of his inspections, Urkiaga meets Georgina, a British medical volunteer. This is the beginning of a relationship which reflects their longing for a normal everyday life, which the war makes impossible.