Breaking Walls
2025 film
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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.
- Borja Cobeaga
- Valentina Viso
- Valérie Delpierre
- Alex Lafuente
- Nahikari Ipiña
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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 |
Plot
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
- 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
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
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]