Dortoka Uhartea (2003)

Release Date: 2003-01-16
Runtime: 1h 36min
Production Company: Basque Films
Production Country: Germany
Director: Maru Solores

Nine-year-old Ainhoa, who suffers from chronic asthma, swam alone to a small island that lies like a petrified giant turtle in the bay of San Sebastián. Ainhoa imagines she is an alien and begins to explore the island. She cannot tolerate the Earth's atmosphere and finds it difficult to breathe...