Ukwenziwa kwefilimu ukulungiselela ukulungiswa kwefilimu Umgcini ongabonakaliyo, inoveli edumileyo yombhali uDolores Redondo. Ukufotwa kolu hlengahlengiso kwaqala Matshi 28 kwiindawo ezintle kakhulu ezifana neLesaka kunye ne-Elizondo. Lo mboniso wamapolisa ulawulwa nguFernando González Molina (Palmeras en la nieve) kwaye uguqulelwe nguLuiso Berdejo (Rec, Insensibles).
Abalingisi befilimu bayakhokela UMarta Etura. Kodwa nabo banenxaxheba Elvira Mínguez, Juan Carlos Librado "Nene", Francesc Orella, Itziar Aizpuru, Benn Northover, Patricia López, Mikel Losada, Miquel Fernández, Quique Gago, Pedro Casablanc, Paco Tous, Ramón Barea, Manolo Solo, Colin McFarlane kunye noSusi Sárlane.
Umgcini ongabonakaliyo ulungelelwaniso lwentlawulo yokuqala ye "Baztán trilogy" (i-Destiny Editions). Lo mcimbi woncwadi sele unabafundi abangaphezu kwesigidi. Ipapashwe kumazwe angaphezu kwama-30 kwaye iyelenqe eliphambili lisimema ukuba senze uhambo oluyimfihlakalo ezandleni zikaAmaia Salazar (Etura), umhloli oyintloko we-Homicides kwiPolisa yePhondo laseNavarra, umfazi onzima, onesibindi, onengqondo, ongqongqo. , enobuchule bemvelo bokuphawula ububi bomntu yaye, ephawulwa ngokwenzakala kwasebuntwaneni athi cwaka.
Ngezantsi sisishwankathelo sebali kunye negalari enemifanekiso yokuqala:
Kunxweme lomlambo iBaztán, kwintlambo yaseNavarra, umzimba ohamba ze womntwana okwishumi elivisayo ubonakala kwimeko enxulumanisa nokubulawa kwabantu okwenzeke kwinyanga ephelileyo… kwidolophu yase-Elizondo, apho akhulele khona kwaye apho uye wazama ukubaleka ubomi bakhe bonke. Ejongene neentlupheko ezintsonkothileyo zetyala kunye neziporho zakhe, uphando lukaAmaia lugqatso lokujongana nexesha lokufumana umbulali ongenatyala, kumhlaba ochumileyo kwiinkolelo nobugqwirha...