Maria has just moved into a decaying flat in a poor neighbourhood. She left her family in the countryside because she could no longer stand her father's authority. Pregnant by a man who refuses to see her, Maria gets by as a cleaning-woman. When her father is brought to the city for an operation, her mother moves into her flat.
Acting
María Galiana's wordless devastation — a masterclass in restraint.
Cinematography
Seville's golden decay becomes a character itself.
Direction
Zambrano lets scenes breathe until you suffocate.

Director
Benito Zambrano
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Shot in post-Franco Seville, the film captures Spain's uneasy modernization — crumbling facades hiding generational fractures.
Ana Fernández was Zambrano's neighbor; he wrote María specifically for her. That authentic exhaustion? Method living.