Set in 1984 during the UEFA Euro craze, 7-year-old Rita wants to go to the beach. Unfortunately, her father makes watching the match his priority, and what her father says goes. For the first time in her life, Rita sees and realises that her home is not safe, especially for her mother.
Acting
Sofía Allepuz's watchful silence—she sees everything we fear she does.
Direction
Paz Vega frames violence in periphery; we become complicit witnesses.
Sound
TV football commentary as domestic weapon and ironic Greek chorus.
Director
Paz Vega
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Spain's 1984 Euro run mirrors the film's tension—national masculine pride celebrated while private brutality festers behind closed doors.
Vega deliberately cast non-professional children from similar working-class Madrid neighborhoods; Allepuz's own grandmother recognized the kitchen dynamics.
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