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Forastera

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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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Lissete Lanuza Sáenz Fangirlish Movies about grief can be a complicated watch, and yet Lucía Aleñar Iglesias’s Forastera is both a sad reminder that, at some point, it will find us all, and a story about how, sometimes, through pain, healing can be found. Oct 7, 2025 Full Review Valerie Kalfrin AWFJ.org at times too subtle for its own good. The film’s pacing lags over an hour and 37 minutes, and the ambiguity ... keeps viewers from understanding its young protagonist better, sapping its emotional impact. Sep 30, 2025 Full Review Simon Foster Screen-Space (Substack) Lucía Aleñar Iglesias' debut feature is a delicately-poised, elegantly-poetic, deeply-felt psycho-drama. Rated: 4/5 Sep 24, 2025 Full Review Andrew Kendall Stabroek News Stein, an intuitive performer, manages to play both Cata’s inscrutability and her instinctiveness through her expressive face. The camera will linger on her face in a fraught conversation, and we might drown in the deep wells of thought in her eyes. Sep 19, 2025 Full Review Christopher Cross Asynchronous Media Aleñar Iglesias’ screenplay is acutely aware of the role of mourning in the healing process. The outcome is a graceful execution and a touching conclusion in a movie that embraces its pain to find something truly cathartic in its wake. Rated: 4/5 Sep 17, 2025 Full Review Michael Sicinski In Review Online Forastera wisely steers clear of classic psychological or supernatural themes of identity swapping... [which] speaks to Iglesias’ surefooted writing and direction. Sep 15, 2025 Full Review Read all reviews

Cast & Crew

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Lucía Aleñar Iglesias

Director

Zoe Stein

Cata

Lluís Homar

Tomeu

Núria Prims

Pepa

Nonni Ardal

Max

Martina García

Eva
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Movie Info

Synopsis 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.
Director
Lucía Aleñar Iglesias
Producer
Tono Folguera, Bàrbara Ferrer, Cesc Mulet, Ariadna Dot, Marta Cruañas
Screenwriter
Lucía Aleñar Iglesias
Production Co
Lastor Media, La Perifèrica Produccions, Vilaüt Films, Presenta
Genre
Drama
Original Language
Catalan
Runtime
1h 37m