El Aspirante

A group of left-wing labour lawyers go into hiding in a house when the coup d’état takes place in Spain on 23 February 1981. Unsure of what to do, they debate between fleeing the country, staying in hiding to await events or trying to do something to defend Spain’s fledgling democracy. 

It’s winter holidays and fourteen-year-old Ana discovers that the metal plate she has in her arm from an accident she suffered as a child is now receiving a strange message in Morse code.

Raised in a repressive era where sexuality was taboo, they found their understanding of womanhood based on unspoken rules and implicit impositions. Now, their fearless voices incarnate in a single 65-year-old woman, who revisits a kaleidoscopic life of intertwined memories, secrets, and hidden desires.

When Claire, a vibrant septuagenarian, is diagnosed with an incurable illness, she decides to end her days in a clinic in Switzerland. Flavio, her inseparable husband of over 40 years, feels unable to face life without her. Meanwhile, their daughter Morgana becomes a mediator between them while trying to clarify her own thoughts. The three embark on a fascinating and profound journey of love and self-discovery.

Valencia, 1990s. Three young journalists try to find their place in the Spain of progress and the Olympics. Despite their illusion to be part of this new modernity, they will be seduced by different levels of corruption, putting their integrity, dignity and ethics to the test.

Marcia wakes up one day with the unnerving feeling that her husband has disappeared. She decides to take matters into her own hands to find out his whereabouts. At the same time, Marcia tries to pretend everything is under control for the sake of her 8-year-old son.

Eleven stories reflect that we are all more similar than we think. No matter where we come from, who we are, or where we were born, we all feel love, fear, happiness, hope... and these feelings unite us.

A rock band has to record their third LP, which will either propel them to stardom or fade into oblivion. Despite executives’ reservations, their idea is to have the recording take place in New York. But everything complicates, and the creative process turns into a hellish ordeal. A love triangle with all its consequences unfolds, band members desert, romantic relationships shatter, rehearsals become rampant with drugs and alcohol, and the unbearable pressure from the record label leads to endless fights and arguments only interrupted by fleeting moments of happiness. Meanwhile, unknowingly, they will be composing an album that will leave a mark on an entire generation.