Arian's Journey

Arian's Journey (El viaje de Arián) is a 2000 Spanish thriller drama film directed by Eduard Bosch from a screenplay by Jordi Gasull and Patxi Amezcua which stars Ingrid Rubio alongside Abel Folk and Sílvia Munt.

Plot
Young abertzale Arián, involved in the kale borroka, falls for older terrorist Vivaldi, joining ETA's Nafarroa commando. After things go South, Arián refuses to kill a hostage, and kills her surviving associates instead, fleeing to Barcelona.

Production
The film is a Montjuic Entertainment production. It was scored by Joan Valent and lensed by Xavier Gil.

Release
The film premiered at the 3rd Málaga Film Festival in May 2000. It was released theatrically in Spain on 4 May 2001.

Reception
Jonathan Holland of Variety deemed the film to be "well meaning but as fatally flawed as the characters who drive it".

Mirito Torreiro of El País highlighted a "superb" performance by Ingrid Rubio, but pointed out at flaws worth mentioning, such as the film getting lost in trying to be credible vis-à-vis the resolution of the hostage crisis.