La Línea Invisible

TV-MA | Crime, Drama | 1 season | 6 episodes

How did ETA, one of the most violent terrorist organizations in Europe’s history, come to be? It all started with a young university student and poet named Txabi Etxebarrieta, who paved the group’s bloody path when he crossed “the invisible line.”

Play

Episodes
Details
Related

Season 1

Episode 1

Graffiti and Firecrackers

Txabi Etxebarrieta is a 19-year-old poet living with his family in Bilbao. When his brother falls ill, Txabi takes his place in the then-unknown anti-fascist group ETA, who are being investigated by an inspector known for torturing dissidents.

blocked

Episode 2

A Leader

Three years later, during the longest strike of the Franco dictatorship, Txabi is elected leader of ETA. To assume his new role, he quits university and breaks up with his girlfriend. Meanwhile, Inspector Manzanas obtains a photo of the young leader.

blocked

Episode 3

War Drums

To fund ETA’s activities, Txabi and his comrades decide to rob a bank, adding pressure on Manzanas to secure an arrest. But when Txabi’s bombing plan goes wrong, Manzanas arrests and tortures his comrade until he gives up vital information on Txabi.

blocked

Episode 4

A Poet

Txabi loses a notebook of poems during an escape from the police. Could this be the lead that Manzanas needs to catch Txabi? Manzanas also becomes a target when ETA takes a vote on which Francoist leader to execute first.

blocked

Episode 5

The Line

On June 7, 1968, Txabi is driving with another ETA member named Peru when they are stopped by a young traffic officer named José Antonio Pardines. Txabi then does the unthinkable, and thus crossing “the invisible line.”

blocked

Episode 6

The Future

Following the incident with Civil Guard Pardines, Txabi and Peru are stopped at a police checkpoint, where a shootout ensues and forever changes the course of history for both ETA and Inspector Manzanas.

Details

Cast: Joan Amargos, Patrick Criado, Anna Castillo, Alex Monner
Director: Mariano Barroso
Writer: Michel Gatzmbide, Mariano Barroso, Alejandro Hernandez, Abel Garcia Roure
Producer: Fran Araújo, Ismael Calleja, Oriol Maymo, Abel Garcia Rouire