Maspalomas

Maspalomas

2025 · 115 min · EU · 6.9 (61 votes)
Dir. Aitor Arregi, Jose Mari Goenaga · Starring José Ramón Soroiz, Nagore Aranburu, Kandido Uranga, Zorion Eguileor, Kepa Errasti, Julian Hackenberg · Music Aránzazu Calleja
Drama

After breaking up with his partner, 76 year-old Vicente leads life the way he likes it in Maspalomas: he spends his days lying in the sun, partying, and looking for pleasure. An unexpected accident obliges him to return to San Sebastián and to the daughter he abandoned years ago. Vicente will have to live in a retirement home where he finds himself driven back into the closet and to conceal a part of himself that he thought was long resolved. In this new environment, Vicente must ask himself if he has enough time left to make his peace with others… and with himself.

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This is a tender, introspective drama that explores the quiet ache of unresolved identity and the search for peace in later life. It feels melancholic yet hopeful, a poignant reflection on self-acceptance and the lingering shadows of past choices, unfolding with a gentle, deliberate rhythm.

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