They say (although without proof) that Butch Cassidy and Sundance Kid died in a conflict with the Bolivian army in 1908. But imagine Butch Cassidy survived and continued his life as a grumpy old man by the name of Blackthorn, chasing girls across an outback Bolivian village ranch. Imagine the old man played by the magnificent Sam Shepard, and you got the backdrop of the film Blackthorn, which will be screened as part of The Great Five programme, presenting latest films by five great European cinemas.

Spanish director Mateo Gil presents a western that includes all the moral characteristics of the genre: freedom, loyalty, justice, courage, but from a modern-day perspective which views all these sentiments with nostalgia.

Tired from being away from the States for so long, Blackthorn decides on a long trip home to see his family before he dies. However, this tired and lonely old man again encounters adventures along the road, similar to those he experienced in his glorious days with Sundance Kid.

The director did not describe the journey with grand shots and slow camera movement, but close-ups of the protagonist in order to see the landscape through his own eyes and enter the intimate side of this dramatic, final yourney of the great Butch Cassidy.