Calle Málaga

International treasure Carmen Maura stars as an elderly Spanish woman in Tangier who quietly resists her daughter’s plan to sell her home. As a bonus, catch her earlier, ferocious turn in Pedro Almodóvar’s 1984 classic What Have I Done to Deserve This? on February 21 — the perfect lead-in to Calle Málaga.

From the director and screenwriters of THE BLUE CAFTAN (a 2023 FF premiere): In a Spanish-speaking enclave of Tangier, widowed Maria—Almodóvar leading lady Carmen Maura (WOMEN ON THE VERGE OF A NERVOUS BREAKDOWN, WHAT HAVE I DONE TO DESERVE THIS?)—loves her life on Calle Malaga, with her friendly neighbors, grocers, and café owners who know her routines, and a large flat filled with treasured belongings. But when her daughter Clara, the legal owner of the flat who is facing divorce and financial crisis back in Spain, insists on selling it—Maria is relegated to either live-in grandma status or a retirement home. Maria’s spunky (and wickedly humorous) obstinance and Clara’s mid-life desperation are both affecting, revealing as much of Maria’s vibrancy as her hardened entitlement and maternal shortcomings. A universal tragicomedy, offering compassion for today’s aging parents and their adult children.