Over morning coffee, Begonya’s 95 year-old father responds to her questions about his childhood memories in the early 1930’s. Aita’s visceral recollections begin in Barakaldo, Bizkaia of northern Spain where he was born during the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War, and continue on through the family’s escape to France, Barcelona, and back again to Euskadi’s recently bombed holy town of Gernika. His painful, tender and humorous recollections are palpable, as he describes the growing-up pains to overcome tragedies and make something of his life, magically sprinkled with significant true friendships that made all the difference in his world.
Dedication : This short film is dedicated to my father as a thank you gesture for not only giving me my precious life, but also for his strong beautiful influence, and the lessons he taught me as I watched him adventure-on through, at times with indomitable courage, and at other times with enormous fear, but at all times with a devoted love for his family.
LANGUAGE : Spanish COUNTRY : Spain, USA YEAR : 2025 DURATION : 26m DIRECTOR, PRODUCER, EDITOR : Begonya Plaza-Rosenbluth WRITER : Jesus Plaza CAST : Jesus Plaza (himself)
Director statement : Curiosity is what drives me, and a desire to understand how the complex mechanisms of humanity work. I believe in the power of story telling to remind us of our innate divine power, and to connect, inspire, awaken, and transform one another. I always aim to infuse my creative work, and life with the energetic potency of love.
Bio : Begonya Plaza-Rosenbluth is an accomplished American theatre, television, and film actor/singer, filmmaker, and published author. Her full-length play Teresa’s Ecstasy premiered Off-Broadway at the Cherry Lane Theatre, published by Broadway Play Publishing, Inc. Begonya’s poems are published in many literary magazines, and poetry book anthologies.
Pebbles Underground is focused on showcasing and promoting experimental, avant-garde, underground, and no-to-low budget projects by artist-humans from all over the world. Absurd, uncanny, witty, humorous, slow-video – all are welcomed, and loved.
Pebbles Underground is an independent project not funded by any government or corporation, and we intend to keep it that way. Main source of funding is personal donations from humans organizing the project, who are artists themselves, and the main drive of the project is formed by the energy and involvement of the organizers, and the public.
