Abata

Abata (2026)

N/A 24 min Movie
DocumentaryDramaAdventure

A short documentary film narrated by Orson Welles and Gerardo Damboriena, one of the last pigeon hunters of Etxalar

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.

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Cast

José Mari Pikabea Iciaga José Mari Pikabea Iciaga Self
Jabier Galarregi Iparragirre Jabier Galarregi Iparragirre Self
Iñaki Danboriena Iñaki Danboriena Self
Iñaki Zubieta Ariztegi Iñaki Zubieta Ariztegi Self
Jasone Mitxeltorena Ozkaritz Jasone Mitxeltorena Ozkaritz Self
Aurelien eta Ewan André Aurelien eta Ewan André Self
Gerardo Danboriena Gerardo Danboriena Self
Pedro Galarregi Zubieta Pedro Galarregi Zubieta Self

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