

Amidst the devastation of post-crisis Spain, mother and daughter bluff and grift to keep up the lifestyle they think they deserve, bonding over common tragedy and an impending eviction.
Direction
Ulman's debut oozes Instagram-era authenticity and genuine ache.
Acting
Real mother-daughter chemistry that cuts deeper than scripted.
Production
Gijón's faded glamour becomes a character in decay.

Director
Amalia Ulman
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Ulman originally gained fame as an Instagram performance artist, making this her pivot to 'authentic' fiction with her actual family.
Shot in post-2008-crisis Spain, the film captures a generation's collective delusion that middle-class stability would return if they just kept pretending.
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