Something Is About to Happen

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Something Is About to Happen

2023

2h 2m

Drama

Mystery & Thriller

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Lucia lives an uneventful life as an IT specialist in Madrid. When the company goes bankrupt due to embezzlement, she decides to make a radical change in her life and become a taxi driver. In the taxi, she meets a series of colorful people, including Roberta, a theatre producer with whom she forms a great friendship, and Ricardo, a journalist who hits on her at the slightest opportunity. Yet, Lucía secretly hopes that, one day, Braulio, an actor with whom she had a fleeting fling and to whom she owes her obsession with the Turandot aria "Nessun Dorma", will jump in her taxi and finally become her prince charming. But reality can be stubborn and people might not really be who they seem to be....

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

Lucia lives an uneventful life as an IT specialist in Madrid. When the company goes bankrupt due to embezzlement, she decides to make a radical change in her life and become a taxi driver. In the taxi, she meets a series of colorful people, including Roberta, a theatre producer with whom she forms a great friendship, and Ricardo, a journalist who hits on her at the slightest opportunity. Yet, Lucía secretly hopes that, one day, Braulio, an actor with whom she had a fleeting fling and to whom she owes her obsession with the Turandot aria "Nessun Dorma", will jump in her taxi and finally become her prince charming. But reality can be stubborn and people might not really be who they seem to be....

Director: Antonio Méndez Esparza
Producer: Miguel Morales, Pedro Hernández Santos
Screenwriter: 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