Overview
- Listed among this week’s new theatrical releases in France, the film is singled out by Télérama as its coup de cœur.
- Spanish director Guillermo Galoe delivers a first feature that blends fiction and documentary with touches of verismo and the supernatural.
- Shot in La Cañada Real on the outskirts of Madrid, the story draws on the place described in coverage as Europe’s largest shantytown.
- The film was presented at Cannes Critics’ Week, and Le Canard enchaîné reports it received the SACD prize at that sidebar.
- The narrative follows the bond between two adolescents to frame a coming‑of‑age within a community under strain and in transition.