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Forastera

2026 · 97 min

A hushed, sunlit summer that slowly turns uncanny as a child's game of pretending blurs grief into something stranger.

Directed by
Lucía Aleñar Iglesias
Genres
Drama
Starring
Zoe Stein, Lluís Homar, Núria Prims
Overview
Cata will see her summer vacation disrupted by the absurd and sudden death of her grandmother, which only she witnesses. Her grief shifts when she casually turns to play pretend, transforming into the deceased. What begins with a game of dress-up will blur the lines of reality and family roles.

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Directed by
Lucía Aleñar Iglesias
Genres
Drama
Starring
Zoe Stein, Lluís Homar, Núria Prims
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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • eeriestrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • grief
  • coming-of-age
  • identity
  • family
  • death
Places
  • single country house
  • countryside
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror4
Humour2
Realism7
Romance1
Tension4
Darkness6
Complexity7
Emotional weight8

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Genres
drama
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Written by
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Starring
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Music
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Cinematography
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Runtime
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Country
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Languages
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