Abata
“A short documentary film narrated by Orson Welles and Gerardo Damboriena, one of the last pigeon hunters of Etxalar”
2026•24m•Released
DocumentaryDramaAdventure
In 1955, fascinated by the ingenious pigeon hunting with wooden paddles and nets, Orson Welles directed the documentary The Land of the Basques. Today, from a mountain hut on the border between Navarre and France, Gerardo Damboriena, a veteran pigeon hunter, reveals to us in basque the secrets of this more than 700-year-old tradition, now on the verge of extinction.
Director
Aner Etxebarria Moral
Writer
Aner Etxebarria Moral
Languages
Basque
Studio
Capirú Studios
Cast
José Mari Pikabea Iciaga
Self
Jabier Galarregi Iparragirre
Self
Iñaki Danboriena
Self
Iñaki Zubieta Ariztegi
Self
Jasone Mitxeltorena Ozkaritz
Self
Aurelien eta Ewan André
Self
Gerardo Danboriena
Self
Pedro Galarregi Zubieta
Self
Production
Company
Capirú Studios
Company
Katz Estudio
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