“La Infiltrada”, the film starring Carolina Yuste and Luis Tosar and directed by Arancha Echevarría, which tells the story of the infiltration of a young national police force within ETA, was presented in the cinema 621,000 people in just 17 daysaccording to sector data, which also highlights that one of the communities where this “thriller” has had the most follow-up and anticipation is the Basque Country, where it is among the three most watched. Many of its cinemas are full and this success is demonstrated by the fact that the revenues from them represent between 8 and 10 percent of the total revenues of the whole of Spain, although there are fewer cinemas per capita than other communities like Catalonia, Madrid. or in Andalusia.
The film tells how, thanks to eight years of the infiltrator’s work, the police were able to dismantle the Commando Donostiwho was preparing a dozen assassinations, and informed the government that the truce declared at the end of the 90s by ETA was only a trap to reorganize and launch the largest possible offensive.
THE Foundation for Victims of TerrorismCovite and the family of Gregorio Ordóñez, as well as leaders in the fight against ETA like Mikel Buesa, a very prominent member of the Ermua Forum, have shown their support and gratitude for the way the film treats the terrorist phenomenon, seen in this case from the point of view of the police fight against the gang.
“The Departed” is a special case at a time when the crisis is evident among viewers. This is demonstrated by the fact that it is the ‘most watched thriller since 2016during the release of “One Hundred Years of Forgiveness”, in which Luis Tosar also participated. However, the figures for the two films are practically equivalent. “Celda 211”, also starring the Galician actor and released in 2009, also reached a similar number of viewers during the same period.
In the coming days, ABC.es will exclusively broadcast the ‘make in off’ of the filmwhich offers, among other things, the testimonies of two of the police officers who carried out the operation, including the one who planned it and acted as controller of the infiltrator, but also that of the protagonists, Luis Tosar and Carolina Yuste .
