Breaking Walls
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| Spanish | Los aitas |
| Directed by | Borja Cobeaga |
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| Cinematography | Bet Rourich |
| Edited by | Sofi Escudé |
| Music by | Aránzazu Calleja |
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| Distributed by | BTeam Pictures |
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| Language | Spanish |
Breaking Walls[1] (Spanish: Los aitas, lit. 'the dads') is a 2025 comedy road film directed by Borja Cobeaga and co-written by Valentina Viso. It stars Quim Gutiérrez, Juan Diego Botto, Iñaki Ardanaz, and Mikel Losada.
Plot
[edit]Set in late 1980s, the plot follows a group of uninterested fathers from the working-class periphery of Bilbao begrudgingly charged with accompanying their daughters to a rhythmic gymnastics competition in Berlin as the mothers are unable to attend.[2][3]
Cast
[edit]- Quim Gutiérrez[4]
- Juan Diego Botto[4]
- Ramón Barea[4]
- Sofía Otero[4]
- Irati Goitia[4]
- Mara Garcés Renedo[4]
- Vera López[4]
- Irati García[4]
- Aitor Sanz Álvarez[4]
- Iñaki Ardanaz[4]
- Mikel Losada[4]
- Laura Weissmahr[4]
Production
[edit]Borja Cobeaga wrote the screenplay alongside Valentina Viso.[5] Cobeaga billed the film as a "road movie that seeks to move and make people laugh".[3] The film was produced by Inicia Films, BTeam Prods, and Sayaka Producciones alongside Umedia and it had the backing from ICEC, Movistar Plus+, RTVE, EITB, TV3, ICAA, and the Basque Government.[6] Shooting locations in Biscay included the Santa María Ikastetxea school in Portugalete.[6] Bet Rourich lensed the film.[3]
Release
[edit]The film was presented at the 28th Málaga Film Festival on 18 March 2025.[7] Distributed by BTeam Pictures,[4] it is scheduled to be released theatrically in Spain on 21 March 2025.[5]
Accolades
[edit]| Year | Award | Category | Nominee(s) | Result | Ref. |
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2026 |
9th ALMA Awards | Best Screenplay in a Comedy Film | Borja Cobeaga, Valentina Viso | Nominated |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ↑ "Breaking Walls". Film Factory. Retrieved 28 January 2025.
- ↑ "Comienza el rodaje de "Los aitas", dirigida por Borja Cobeaga". EiTB. 18 June 2024.
- 1 2 3 "Inicia el rodaje de 'Los Aitas', una obra de Borja Cobeaga". Camera and Light Mag. 14 June 2024.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 "Los aitas". Academia de las Artes y las Ciencias Cinematográficas de España. 14 June 2024.
- 1 2 Rosado, Ricardo (19 December 2024). "Las 10 películas de comedia más esperadas de 2025: de 'El diablo viste de Prada 2' a 'Bridget Jones: Loca por él'". Fotogramas.
- 1 2 Valle, Andrea (25 June 2024). "Borja Cobeaga rueda su película 'Los aitas' en un colegio de Portugalete". Deia.
- ↑ Gómez, Alberto (19 March 2025). ""La nostalgia siempre encierra algo peligroso, una idealización del pasado"". Diario Sur. Grupo Vocento.
- ↑ "Los guiones de 'Los domingos', 'La cena', 'Poquita fe' y 'Anatomía de un instante' se coronan en la IX edición de los Premios ALMA". Kinótico. 26 March 2026.
- 2025 films
- Films about father–daughter relationships
- Spanish comedy road movies
- 2025 Spanish-language films
- Films set in the Basque Country (autonomous community)
- Films shot in the Basque Country (autonomous community)
- 2025 Spanish films
- 2025 Belgian films
- Umedia films
- Spanish-language comedy films
- 2025 comedy films
- 2020s comedy road movies
- Films about parenting