Overview
- The feature opens nationwide in Spain on March 20 and is positioned as the week’s most prominent domestic premiere.
- Critics describe the film as thematically linked to ‘Dolor y gloria’ and praise its precise, serene exploration of creativity, illness and memory.
- The story centers on a filmmaker alter ego, examining the limits of autofiction and the power a director wields over collaborators.
- The ensemble includes Bárbara Lennie, Leonardo Sbaraglia, Aitana Sánchez-Gijón, Victoria Luengo, Milena Smit, Patrick Criado and Quim Gutiérrez, with Criado calling the project a career milestone.
- During promotion, Almodóvar urged updating the anti-war slogan to “No a las guerras” and commended Javier Bardem’s Oscar remarks while noting Hollywood’s relative quiet.