Alba is going to move out of the house she shares with Doña Hortensia as part of an exchange program between students and the elderly. Before she leaves, they celebrate the elderly woman's birthday, and that night the two of them discover each other's true intentions.
Acting
Caballero and Requena's chilling two-hander carries every frame.
Direction
Evangelio squeezes maximum dread from one cramped apartment.
Writing
The reversal of power hits like a gut punch.
Director
Alberto Evangelio
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Spain's real intergenerational housing exchange programs inspired Evangelio to imagine their darkest possible corruption.
The 4:3 aspect ratio was chosen specifically to evoke vintage Spanish television dramas, luring viewers into false domestic familiarity before the horror unfolds.
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