In the mid-1980s, the GAL, a Spanish paramilitary group, pursues and assassinates members of the terrorist gang ETA who have taken refuge in the sanctuary they have created in the south of France. Grégoire Fortin, advisor to the French Minister of Justice, and Domingo 'Txomin' Iturbe, leader of ETA, are forced to negotiate in order to find a solution to the violence that plagues the region.
Jérémie Renier Àlex Brendemühl Juana Acosta Rubén Ochandiano François Marthouret Michel Bompoil Vincent Ozanon Josean Bengoetxea Patxi Santamaría Félix Arcarazo Jon Mikel Rueda Arana Eneko Sagardoy Arkaitz Gartziandia Iosu Florentino Javier Barandiarán Eric Bougnon Benjamin Penemaria Lolo Herrero Carlos Zabala Iñigo García Guijo Urtzi García Montero Gorka Aldaz Garde Jean-Pierre Bagot Nicolas Moreau Slim El Hedli Javier Merino Koldo Losada Julio García Vélez José Pérez Suárez Sylvain Vanstaevel Denis Leroy Xavier Bermúdez Hubert Delattre Iñake Irastorza Iñaki Íbero Miguel Ángel Gutiérrez Arana Guillermo García Macías Javier García Macías André Marcon Felipe González Laurent Fabius Jacques Chirac Charles Pasqua José Barrionuevo
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