A rose, a breakup letter, and a guy who chases love across Europe without a plan. What could go wrong?
The young Lucas shares a flat with her partner Eimish in Madrid. One day to buy a rose for her, which prevents her crossing the street when she left. When he gets home he finds a letter that says he is going to Germany. It is then that without a second thought, and acting for the first time in his life moved by impulse, decides to take the first train traveling to Berlin to try to convince his girlfriend to come back to his side. When he reach the city he will realize that she is not there, so he decides to take new direction to Verona (Italy). But things get worse in the adventure: she must stand up to certain situations in her past, and he will change his idea about family and love.
Acting
Óscar Jaenada captures desperate impulsivity with painful accuracy.
Direction
Rodríguez Rosell finds poetry in European train stations and bad decisions.
Director
Ana Rodríguez Rosell
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This is early 2010s Spanish indie cinema at its most earnest—before streaming flattened European romantic dramas into algorithmic sameness.
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