Olmo

Family tensions come to the fore within a migrant family in a small New Mexico town when a bedridden father is left at home alone.

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Credits

  • Director

    Fernando Eimbcke

  • Screenwriters

    Fernando Eimbcke, Vanesa Garnica

  • With

    Aivan Uttapa, Gustavo Sánchez Parra, Andrea Suárez Paz

  • USA-Mexico 2025. 84min

  • Courtesy of

    Global Constellation

  • Languages

    Spanish, English

    With English subtitles

Introduction

Teenager Olmo has been invited to a party with best friend Miguel while elder sister Rosa is out. But when your father has MS and your mother works long shifts as a waitress, it’s not so easy to drop everything and have fun. Exquisite performances and a lovely sense of period detail distinguish Fernando Eimbcke’s late-1970s coming-of-age drama.

Maria Delgado

Content warning

Contains scenes of nudity.

How to book

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