Magical Girl

Magical Girl

2014 · 127 min · ES · 7.4 (177 votes)
Dir. Carlos Vermut · Starring Bárbara Lennie, José Sacristán, Luis Bermejo, Lucía Pollán, Israel Elejalde, Elisabet Gelabert

Be careful what you wish for.

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The father of a terminally ill girl is determined to grant his daughter's last wish, a ridiculously expensive collectors' costume from a Japanese TV series. The request will drive him into a journey within his city's dark underbelly.

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A father's desperate love plunges into the city's underbelly to fulfill a dying child's wish. This film is a raw, unsettling dive into grief and the extreme measures one will take. It's a heavy, character-focused experience.

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