Overview
- The feature, which competed for the Concha de Oro at San Sebastián, begins its theatrical rollout in Spain on October 31.
- Antonio de la Torre and Bárbara Lennie star as sibling professional divers whose routine is upended after a cocaine stash is found in an oil tanker’s hull.
- Both leads describe the production as the hardest of their careers, citing 35–40 kilos of diving gear, hours of exposure, and an initial anxiety attack during training.
- Critics frame the movie as a fatalistic thriller intertwined with class and economic precarity, drawing comparisons to Rodríguez’s La isla mínima.
- In interviews, Lennie called for better education on the Civil War and Francoism—pointing to polls of youth opinion—and confirmed she will headline Pedro Almodóvar’s Amarga Navidad in March 2026.