The stones of the title are the dreams and burdens carried by these five women with interlinked lives. This story of decision and transformation was nominated for the Golden Bear at the Berlin Film Festival.
Acting
Ensemble cast burns slow and devastating.
Writing
Salazar weaves five lives with surgical precision.
Director
Ramón Salazar
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Shot in working-class Madrid neighborhoods, Salazar cast mostly non-professionals alongside Nimri to ground the interwoven narratives in authentic Spanish economic reality of the early 2000s.
The title's 'stones' deliberately evoke the biblical tale of casting the first stone—every judgment these women face, they've already inflicted on themselves.
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