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When Olga has to rent out a room in her apartment to a father, she forms an unlikely bond with his nine-year-old son, and unexpectedly, their lives become intertwined.

Synopsis

Olga lives a strictly regulated life without attachments in a vast apartment block. When out of financial necessity she rents a room in her apartment to a man who also sneaks-in his nine-year-old son, an unlikely bond forms. Her carefully controlled world begins to shift, and their lives become intertwined against her will.

Details

Directed by

Fernando Eimbcke

Written by

Vanesa Garnica, Fernando Eimbcke

Produced by

Eréndira Núñez Larios, Michel Franco, Fernando Eimbcke

Executive Producers

Daniela Leyva Becerra Acosta, Luis Collar, Jorge Moreno

CAST

Teresa Sánchez, Bastian Escobar, Hugo Ramírez, Enrique Arreola

CREW

Director: Fernando Eimbcke

Writers: Vanesa Garnica, Fernando Eimbcke

DOP: María Secco, AMC

Editors: Salvador Reyes Zúñiga, Fernando Eimbcke

Production Designer: Alfredo Wigueras

Costume Designer: Gabriela Fernández

Casting: Marco Aguilar

Sound Mixer: Anuar Yahya Valdovinos

Sound Design: Javier Umpierrez

Complete Filmography

TEMPORADA DE PATOS (DUCK SEASON) – 2004 Cannes Film Festival

LAKE TAHOE – Fipresci Prize – Silver Bear Jury Prize Berlinale 2008

CLUB SANDWICH – 2013 TIFF

OLMO – 2025 Berlinale Panorama

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Mexico, Spain   99 min  1.85.1   5.1  Spanish  International title: Flies

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