Something Is About to Happen

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Something Is About to Happen

2023

2h 2m

Drama

Mystery & Thriller

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A steamy encounter with a new neighbor who has gone missing leads the recently unemployed Lucia to take on work as a cab driver in hopes of finding the man that reawakened her latent sexuality. Using her new vocation as a means of radical connection and self-reinvention, she finds both erotic and intellectual stimulation from her clientele. However, the more Lucia freely gives of herself to strangers, the more it becomes clear that she might be the target of a nefarious plot with violent consequences. Slyly fusing genres while subverting their expectations, Antonio Méndez Esparza's SOMETHING IS ABOUT TO HAPPEN "transforms from eccentric dramedy into a gripping, metatextual thriller." (Washington City Paper) Sexy, daring and ultimately liberating, Esparza pushes the mid-life crisis to its exuberant extreme.

Ella Feldman

Washington City Paper

Antonio Méndez Esparza’s film transforms from an eccentric dramedy into a gripping, metatextual thriller that turns out to have more in common with Taxi Driver than just a job.

Jun 4, 2024

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Jorge Loser

Espinof

A daring movie that challenges the expectations of middle-aged women's aspirations and identities, far from the duality of a housewife or a successful professional. [Full review in Spanish]

Rated: 3.5/5

Feb 8, 2024

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Sara Heredia

Sensacine

A disconcerting, captivating and powerful movie. [Full review in Spanish]

Rated: 4/5

Nov 21, 2023

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Philipp Engel

Cinemanía (Spain)

A true tour de force, with a Titane moment included. [Full review in Spanish]

Rated: 4/5

Nov 20, 2023

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Javier Ocaña

El Pais (Spain)

A film positioned on the social and the real, but that draws from the psychological and even the cultural with a commitment to fusing tones. Rapture, delicacy, empathy, love, tenderness, vengeance, delirium... [Full review in Spanish]

Nov 20, 2023

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Jordi Costa

Fotogramas

There are some sequences that are more successful than others, but, as a whole, Something is About to Happen grabs you and keeps you hooked... [Full review in Spanish]

Rated: 3/5

Nov 20, 2023

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Synopsis

A steamy encounter with a new neighbor who has gone missing leads the recently unemployed Lucia to take on work as a cab driver in hopes of finding the man that reawakened her latent sexuality. Using her new vocation as a means of radical connection and self-reinvention, she finds both erotic and intellectual stimulation from her clientele. However, the more Lucia freely gives of herself to strangers, the more it becomes clear that she might be the target of a nefarious plot with violent consequences. Slyly fusing genres while subverting their expectations, Antonio Méndez Esparza's SOMETHING IS ABOUT TO HAPPEN "transforms from eccentric dramedy into a gripping, metatextual thriller." (Washington City Paper) Sexy, daring and ultimately liberating, Esparza pushes the mid-life crisis to its exuberant extreme.

Director: Antonio Méndez Esparza
Producer: Miguel Morales, Pedro Hernández Santos
Screenwriter: Antonio Méndez Esparza, Clara Roquet, Juan José Millás, Antonio Méndez Esparza, Clara Roquet
Distributor: Film Movement
Production Co: Aquí y Allí Films, Wanda Vision, Avanpost
Genre: Drama, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: Spanish
Release Date (Streaming): Feb 14, 2025
Runtime: 2h 2m