Castro's Dream

Astrid and Lola, sisters in exile in Paris, are inextricably linked to the separatist struggle in their native Basque country. They await the release from prison of Lola's lover Mikel, who has served twenty years for terrorist acts. But Mikel vanishes on release, sending both sisters on an increasingly frantic search that brings up their long-buried past. Full of sustained menace, of reluctant yet addictive relationships, Castro's Dream is a story of love and the forces that are its undoing. Waiting for her one-time lover's release from prison, Lola sits by the phone and waits for news of Mikel. Across Paris, her sister Astrid prepares for another day of surgery at the hospital. Mikel is released, but his plans involve Astrid, not Lola, and a trip back to the Basque country.