Atlanta Jewish Film Festival – Frontier

Inspired by true events, this white-knuckle wartime drama plunges into a little-known chapter of Pyrenean resistance, as a 1943 Spanish border village becomes a lifeline for refugees fleeing Nazi-occupied France. Under cover of darkness and snow, principled customs officer Manel (Miki Esparbé) defies Franco’s regime by guiding Jewish families across a perilous high-altitude pass with help from a brave villager and French smuggler. As their rescue operation grows, suspicion mounts and tightening surveillance pulls him and his wife Mercè (Maria Rodríguez Soto) into escalating danger, forcing them to confront wounds from the Spanish Civil War. With striking cinematography and a tense, propulsive pace, this stirring saga of sacrifice and redemption honors the quiet heroism of the Spanish righteous.