For his 45th birthday, wealthy Californian Adam receives a surprise gift from his choreographer partner: 100 weekly Spanish lessons with Cariño, a vivacious expat who teaches virtually from her home in Costa Rica. Adam's unconvinced at first; a self-described “creature-of-habit”, he’s unsure about where or how this new element will fit into his carefully-structured routine.
Acting
Duplass and Morales improvised most scenes across continents.
Direction
Morales directs herself through a screen—meta and masterful.
Writing
Script born from pandemic constraints, not despite them.
Director
Natalie Morales
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Morales and Duplass shot their scenes in different countries during actual lockdown, never sharing physical space.
The 'screenlife' format—previously gimmicky in horror—here becomes genuinely moving, capturing how millions actually fell in love and mourned in 2020.
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