Ariel

Casting a cinematic spell of reverie, Lois Patiño’s entrancing reimagining of Shakespeare’s The Tempest conjures shimmering illusions and elemental rhythms.

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Credits

  • Director-screenwriter

    Lois Patiño

  • With

    Agustina Muñoz, Irene Escolar, José Díaz

  • Spain-Portugal 2025. 108min

  • Courtesy of

    Filmika Galaika S.L.

  • Languages

    Spanish, Portuguese, Galician

    With English subtitles

Introduction

Following his deeply sensual Samsara, Patiño returns with a beguiling work of metafiction. Agustina Muñoz, playing herself, travels to the Azores to perform the role of Ariel with a local theatre company, yet every islander she meets seems to embody a Shakespearean character. Blurring the lines between reality and the imaginary, each frame is attuned to the magic of the invisible, staging a haunting interplay between life, performance and poetic imagination.

Hyun Jin Cho

With thanks to the Embassy of Spain in the United Kingdom

How to book

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