A 45-minute power outage becomes a masterclass in human chaos and connection.
On the day of the blackout, Alicia prepares for the inevitable as she heads to her parents' country house. When the power goes out, she discovers she is not alone: some farmhands are stranded on the estate. Forced to live together, the group learns to organize themselves in order to survive.
Direction
Lacuesta turns a single location into a pressure cooker.
Acting
Vázquez and Callejo's unspoken power dynamics crackle.
Director
Isaki Lacuesta
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Lacuesta often explores Spanish rural-urban tensions; this condenses his usual epic scope into chamber drama format.
The 45-minute runtime mirrors real-time blackout anxiety — Lacuesta wanted audiences to feel the uncertainty of 'when will this end?'
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