A commentary on Spanish society dressed as a thriller about the misadventures of a gang of young petty criminals after the real estate crash.
Acting
Miguel Herrán's magnetic desperation—can't look away, want to slap him
Direction
Calparsoro's kinetic Madrid—sweaty, neon, always one wrong move from disaster
Director
Daniel Calparsoro
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Revives 'cine quinqui,' Spain's 1970s-80s genre about working-class delinquents—think Boyz n the Hood with flamenco and worse economic odds.
Calparsoro filmed in actual Madrid suburbs hit hardest by the 2008 crash; some extras were real unemployed construction workers.
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