Desde que la vio por primera vez, Joshe no pudo apartar los ojos de Usúa. Y los ojos claros, casi febriles de ella, también se clavaron en los de él. Pero ella ve más allá… En los años de la Segunda República, un pueblo del norte se conmociona con las apariciones de la Virgen. Vestida de negro, llorando y con una espada entre sus manos, la Virgen predice una horrible guerra. Al menos, eso es lo que anuncia un grupo de jóvenes que asegura verla. Los valles vascos se llenan de creyentes, curiosos y escépticos. Todos quieren ver a los visionarios. Y Usúa es una de ellos.
A true story about a group of four young people who claimed to have been visited by the Virgin Mary on a hillside in the Basque region of Spain in the 1930s. To the humble, honest folks living in Ezkioga, a lovely coastal spot blessed with both clear sandy beaches and lush grassy mountains, the sightings are shocking news. Because the Republic recently implemented a law calling for the removal of all religious statues and relics from courthouses and schools, drawing an angry protest from the Right, the sightings came with volatile political messages. Joshe, a young man working as a waiter in nearby San Sebastian and studying to become a math teacher, is the protagonist of the story, and the one who lived to tell it to the filmmakers. His fiancee, who claims she saw the Virgin but really did not, abandons early on in the film for her religion. His new flame, the dark and intriguing Usua, is the real thing, and she is the leader of the “real” visionaries.
Instituto Cervantes Library
Spanish and Latin American Films 
