Something Is About To Happen

Directed by Antonio Méndez Esparza
Film Movement
2023
123 Minutes
Spain, Romania
Spanish
Thriller, Drama
European Studies, Latinx Studies
Not Rated
DVD $150.00
Blu-ray $150.00
PPR $350.00
DRL $499.00
PPR+DRL $599.00

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After winning the top prize at the Cannes Critics’ Week in 2012 with "Aquí y Allá" and the John Cassavetes Award at the Independent Spirits with "Life and Nothing More" in 2018, director Antonio Méndez Esparza comes back with SOMETHING IS ABOUT TO HAPPEN, a low key thriller with surreal black comedic touches.

Lucia lives an uneventful life as an IT specialist in Madrid. When the company goes bankrupt due to embezzlement, she decides to make a radical change in her life and become a taxi driver. In the taxi, she meets a series of colorful people, including Roberta, a theatre producer with whom she forms a great friendship, and Ricardo, a journalist who hits on her at the slightest opportunity. Yet, Lucía secretly hopes that, one day, Braulio, an actor with whom she had a fleeting fling and to whom she owes her obsession with the Turandot aria “Nessun Dorma”, will jump in her taxi and finally become her prince charming. But reality can be stubborn and people might not really be who they seem to be...

Cast

  • Malena Alterio
  • Aitana Sánchez Gijón
  • José Luis Torrijo
  • Mariona Ribas
  • Rodrigo Poisón
  • Highest Rating
    "Something is About to Happen grabs you and keeps you hooked...."
    Jordi Costa, Fotogramas
  • Highest Rating
    "A disconcerting, captivating and powerful movie."
    Sara Heredia, Sensacine
  • Highest Rating
    "A true tour de force, with a Titane moment included."
    Philipp Engel, Cinemanía

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Awards & Recognition

Winner
Best Lead Actress
Goya Awards
Winner
Best Actress
Cinema Writers Circle Awards, Spain
Nominated
Golden Spike
Valladolid Int'l. Film Festival
Official Selection
Miami Film Festival

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