Leyre lives a quiet and comfortable life which ends abruptly when an act of rage of her teenage son leads her to protect him by any means necessary.
Acting
Maribel Verdú's panic-eyes deserve their own award category.
Writing
Every cover-up spirals deliciously; no good deed unpunished.
Director
Gracia Querejeta
Maribel Verdú
Leyre
Antonio Resines
Andoni
Luis Tosar
Cosme
Juana Acosta
Susana
Paula Echevarría
Vanesa
Txema Blasco
Andoni's Father
Asier Rikarte
Asier
Javier Perdiguero
'Cacho Carne'
Montse Pla
Evelyn
Nora Navas
Ikerne
Raúl Peña
Juantxu
Miguel Bernardeau
Julen
Patxi Freytez
Julen's Father
Teresa Lozano
Paqui
Roberto Bonacini
Accomplice
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Part of a wave of Spanish 'black comedy of manners' films dissecting bourgeois family rot—less Almodóvar glam, more kitchen-sink suffocation.
The original Spanish title 'Ola de crímenes' puns on both 'crime wave' and the casual slang for 'a bunch of crimes,' reflecting the film's shrug-at-horror tone.
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