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Carmen is a gypsy teenager, destined to live a life that is repeated every generation: getting married and raising as many children as possible. But one day she meets Lola, an uncommon gypsy who dreams about going to university, does graffiti and is very different. Carmen quickly develops a complicity with Lola and discovers a world that, inevitably, leads them to be rejected by their families.
Sep 2018
Young Eva makes her decision to stay in Madrid for the month of August an act of faith. She needs to feel things differently and think of summer as a time of opportunity. On days of festivities and verbenas, while events and encounters take place, Eva will discover that she still has time, that an opportunity can still be given.
Aug 2019
Oct 2012
After the discovery of some human bones at a site, Adela and Javier, a couple of archaeologists with years of experience, have to live with the first signs of Javier's dementia and a new discovery, which like an echo, seems to resonate more and more in their daily life.
Sep 2024
In a dark, abandoned mansion deep in the forest, an aging vampire filmmaker lives in communal seclusion with his five disciples. On the night of his birthday, he reveals his final wish: to film the one moment he has never dared to face — the sunrise —.
Sep 2025
A boy and a girl who have just met transport a corpse on request to the north of Mexico. When the police discover them at a routine check, they are forced to flee. Forced to team up, they will abandon their secrecy and mistrust while trying to assert his only heritage: a dead man who they only know is worth money if they manage to take him to his destination.
Sep 2021
A conversation about the work of Spanish filmmaker Luis García Berlanga (1921-2010) and his perdurance in contemporary Spanish cinema.
Jul 2021
When Paula’s painful breakup with Raúl causes her to stop seeing his son Dani, Paula will have no choice but to challenge a hypocritical legal system that ignores the custody rights of a loving, non-biological parent.
Dec 2021
A group of neighbors has been evicted from the communal housing where they had lived all their lives. They decide to take revenge on the speculator responsible for the injustice. Led by Lázaro, the oldest neighbor and a man of strong convictions, their aim is making him pay for the consequences of his greed and send a message to the rest of the world.
When 10-year-old Nemo's mother suddenly dies, the boy is forced to go live with his maternal uncle's family. They are cordial and treat him well, but his 12-year-old cousin, Iván, begins to tease and tell him stories about the Bogeyman and how he'll come and get him if he doesn't behave. At first young Nemo doesn't believe the stories, insisting that Iván is just making things up...
Jan 2002
Laura meets Carlos at a party. They dance, drink and have fun on a night that will be hard to forget.
Oct 2021
Musa goes to the Registry Office to verify his identity, but discovers that there is no trace of him in the system: he does not exist. This raises suspicions among the officials and they convince Musa to plunge into a Kafkaesque process where he will have to go to a judge.
Oct 2010
Gloria is adjusting the traditional chulapa dress for her granddaughter Isa. The teenager has grown, and the dress no longer fits her. Although Gloria stopped attending the San Isidro festivities years ago, as she makes the first stitch to alter her granddaughter’s dress, she realizes that she will never wear it again.
Alberto and Isa, a young couple, have met up with their friend Martin to spend a day bicycling around the mountains. Martin wanders in search of Graellsia Isabellae, a rare species of butterfly that for the moment is evading him.
Jan 2014
Julia has just received the test result. The cancer has spread and she doesn't have much time. She goes with her sister to a spiritual retreat looking for peace and quiet. However, something unexpected happens.
Sep 2019
Oct 2008
Madrid, 1980. When Sole sees Nano come in, bloody and beaten, she already knows what to do. In an improvised infirmary, she tries to mend his son’s wounds. But Nano is getting old, and his body doesn’t heal like it used to. At his mother’s pleas, Nano offers a deal: he will retire from boxing if she, for the first time, watches one of his fights.
Gael has organized a Japanese-themed party for Yuki, only she does not know about it. What for Yuki is a party for getting to know people in the fashion sector is actually a game designed by Gael.
Dec 2017