This thorough account of the life and films of the Spanish-Basque filmmaker Julio Medem is the first book in English on the internationally renowned writer-director of Vacas, La ardilla roja (Red Squirrel), Tierra, Los amantes del C rculo Polar (Lovers of the Arctic Circle), Luc a y el sexo (Sex and Luc a), La pelota vasca: la piel contra la piedra (Basque Ball) and Ca tica Ana (Chaotic Ana), Initial chapters explore Medem's childhood, adolescence...