Alberto and Miguel have a bar, but things are not going very well. They need to get out of this black hole and they need money to do it. Alberto is divorced and alcoholic, Miguel has a big secret... Their old friend Claudio is very rich. Why not steal some of his money? Troubles grow when Claudio's wife is planning to steal this money too... The Washington wolfs, in a circus near all this, are the silent witnesses of all that happens that night.
Acting
Young Javier Bardem suffering beautifully, as is tradition.
Production
The actual circus wolves are the most committed performers here.
Director
Mariano Barroso
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was part of Spain's 'cinema de los machos' wave — gritty male melodramas that dominated before the 2000s genre shift. Barroso was trying to be Almodóvar's edgelord cousin.
The circus scenes were shot at an actual traveling circus outside Madrid; the wolves were not trained film animals and the crew was genuinely nervous. Bardem reportedly spent days hanging out with them, because of course he did.
