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Mala Persona

2024 · 90 min

A gentle Spanish comedy that hides real sadness under its jokes, making you laugh while quietly aching for a man trying to push everyone away.

Directed by
Fer García-Ruiz
Genres
Comedy
Starring
Arturo Valls, Malena Alterio, Julián Villagrán
Overview
Pepe is the best person in the world, until he discovers that he has a terminal illness and has months to live. To avoid suffering for his loved ones, Pepe decides to become the worst person in the world and thus keep them away from him so that they don't miss him when he dies.

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Directed by
Fer García-Ruiz
Genres
Comedy
Starring
Arturo Valls, Malena Alterio, Julián Villagrán
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How it feels

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Tone
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • death
  • family
  • love
  • isolation
  • guilt
Places
  • big city
  • workplace
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror1
Humour7
Realism7
Romance3
Tension3
Darkness4
Complexity3
Emotional weight5

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Details

Genres
comedy
Directed by
Fer García-Ruiz
Written by
Daniel Padró, Santos Mercero
Starring
Arturo Valls, Malena Alterio, Julián Villagrán, José Corbacho, Sara Jiménez, Teresa Lozano, Diva O'Branco, Víctor Benjumea
Cinematography
Rafa García
Runtime
90 min
Country
Spain, Portugal
Languages
Spanish

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