Frontier
A Spanish customs officer risks everything to help Jews escape Nazi-occupied France across the Pyrenees.
Year 1943. Franco has blocked the path of refugees fleeing Nazi oppression over the Pyrenees mountains. At the border crossing in a small village, Manel Grau, a civil servant with a Republican past, decides to go against the orders of his superiors and aid the Jews across the border, with the help of Juliana, a fellow inhabitant of the village, and Jerôme, a French smuggler. Between them, they will start a crusade to help as many Jews as they possibly can. It is then that Manel finds himself caught up in a dangerous odyssey that will awaken old ghosts from the still recent Spanish Civil War in him and his wife Mercè.
The film premiered at the Valladolid Film Festival.
Judith Colell (1968) is a Catalan film director, screenwriter, and producer. She studied Art History at the University of Barcelona and earned a Certificate in Film from New York University before completing doctoral studies in Communication. Her first feature film, “Nosotras” (2000), won the Butaca Prize for Best Catalan Film and was screened at the Sitges Film Festival. She later directed “53 días de invierno” (2006) and “Elisa K” (2010, co-directed with Jordi Cadena), which received the Jury’s Special Award at the San Sebastián International Film Festival and a Goya nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay. She serves as President of the Catalan Film Academy since 2021.
Filmography:
Nosotras (2000), 53 días de invierno (2006), Elisa K (2010, co-dir), 15 horas (15 Hours, 2021), Frontera (2025)