A grieving mother finds chosen family among an intimate circle of women in darkly comedic Madrid.
Melancholy and darkly comic, with dry wit. A full-attention watch at a measured pace. Emotionally it is devastating.
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Nothing past what an R promises: moderate sex and nudity, and some violence.
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Following the tragic death of her teenage son, Manuela travels from Madrid to Barcelona in an attempt to contact the long-estranged father the boy never knew. She reunites with an old friend, an outspoken transgender sex worker, and befriends a troubled actress and a pregnant, HIV-positive nun.
Bittersweet. It earns its ending, but not everyone gets what they want.
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