Fernando is married to Alma, a very funny woman with bipolar disorder, which kicks him when she learns that he no longer supports her. When Alma meets an Argentine suitor Fernando reacts discovering that still love her. But it's too late.
Acting
Javiera Contador's manic energy is genuinely destabilizing.
Writing
Bipolar portrayal avoids both tragedy porn and rom-com sanitization.
Director
Diego Rougier
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Director Diego Rougier insisted on filming the manic episodes in single takes to capture unpredictability.
One of few Chilean films to center bipolar disorder without medical narrative framing; controversial domestically for its 'unsympathetic' Alma.
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