The Teacher Who Promised the Sea | El maestro que prometió el mar

In 1935, Antoni Benaiges was hired as a teacher in a small, isolated village in Burgos, Spain. There, he established an intense relationship with his students, to whom he made a promise: to take them to see the sea for the first time in their lives. 75 years later, Ariadna, the granddaughter of one of those students, discovers that her grandfather has been searching for the remains of his father, who disappeared during the Civil War. Determined to help him, she travels to Burgos, where they are exhuming a mass grave in which he could be buried. During her stay there, she learns about the young teacher from Tarragona who taught her grandfather before the war.

Introduced by Marian A. Aréchaga | Q&A with director Patricia Font

Patricia Font

Enric Auquer & Laia Costa

2024 | Gaudí Awards | The Audience Award

2024 | 38th Goya Awards | Five nominations

Univrsal

Host or Publisher Edinburgh Spanish Film Festival