In Basque language the verb heldu has a polysemic meaning. It can be ‘to hold’, ‘to grow’ or ‘to arrive’. The declined form heltzear means ‘about to’ all of those things. San Sebastián in the year 2000. The Basque Conflict is active. As she writes a letter to her absent brother, Sara, a fifteen-year-old climber, trains for the most difficult climb of her life. DIRECTOR’S STATEM...