Whilst in the middle of their fight to find a surrogate mother in Russia, a Spanish couple realizes there is a deep wound in their relationship.
Acting
Grao and Vellés weaponize small silences.
Direction
Gómez-Castro makes Russia feel like emotional purgatory.
Director
Pablo Gómez-Castro
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Gómez-Castro filmed in actual Russian surrogacy facilities, blurring documentary and fiction in ways that make the couple's tourism of grief feel ethically queasy.
The restaurant confrontation was largely improvised after Grao and Vellés spent a week not speaking to each other—method acting or genuine loathing? The edit doesn't clarify.
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