Free Falling

Free Falling

2024 · 89 min · ES · 6.5 (25 votes)
Dir. Laura Jou · Starring Belén Rueda, Irene Escolar, Ilay Kurelovic, Manuela Vellés, Mariia Netavrovana, Brays Efe · Music Clara Peya
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Marisol is the national rhythmic gymnastics coach, methodical, demanding and authoritative. The World Championship is approaching and she places all her gold medal hopes on Angelica, the team's most promising newcomer. Two weeks before the final, Marisol discovers that her husband is having an affair with a much younger woman with whom she is expecting a child. Marisol does not contemplate failure, so she embarks on a desperate race to win him back, without taking into account her motives and feelings. Her pain is transferred to her tatami, where she becomes even more implacable towards Angelica, in whom she places her hopes of success. At this point, winning gold is all that's left for him.

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This film plunges into a world of relentless ambition and emotional turmoil. It's a psychologically tense, propulsive journey exploring the destructive grip of obsession and the raw fallout of personal betrayal. Expect a driven, anguished experience, steeped in the high-stakes world of competitive sport.

intensedrivenanguishedrelentlesspsychologically tensepropulsivepsychological dramasports intensitycharacter studyraw emotionalismobsessioncontrolambitionemotional projectioninfidelity's fallout
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