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ALAUDA RUIZ DE AZÚA
Spain, 2025
112 minutes, Color

At 17 years old, Ainara stands at a crossroads. On the verge of leaving high school—maybe starting university, maybe falling in love—she's actually considering a life as a cloistered nun. This bombshell ripples through her family, particularly affecting her widowed father and her aunt Maite, a progressive atheist who has been very active in raising her, challenging everyone's worldviews and igniting long-buried tensions. As Ainara's friends begin to explore the joys and turmoils of adolescence, going out, and experimenting with new freedoms, she feels increasingly torn between an internal call to the convent and an external pressure to lead a more conventional life. A major triumph at the Spanish box office and winner of the Golden Shell Award at the San Sebastián International Film Festival, this drama offers a moving and thought-provoking exploration of the fragile tension between devoted faith and unshakable skepticism.—Various sources

In Spanish with English subtitles