A young man becomes convinced that the solution to all his problems is to live in jail, and he will do whatever it takes to get it.
Acting
Mario Casas commits fully to pathetic desperation—uncomfortably brilliant.
Direction
Rodrigo Cortés balances Kafka dread with Spanish dark comedy precision.
Writing
Based on Beltrán's novel: every bureaucratic twist more maddening than the last.
Director
Rodrigo Cortés
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Based on Andrés Barba's novel 'La hermana de Katia'—Cortés spent years adapting it after loving its 'unfilmable' tone.
The film satirizes Spain's post-2008 crisis masculine anxiety: men who'd rather be institutionalized than face economic irrelevance.
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