Something Is About to Happen

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Something Is About to Happen

2023

2h 2m

Drama

Comedy

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.

Karina Adelgaard

Heaven of Horror

May 12

3/5

...but it’s more about her life. The choices she makes tend to be on the basis of choices others have made for her. Having said that, I do feel Malena Alterio was amazing in the lead. She certainly made me want to keep watching...

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Ella Feldman

Washington City Paper

06/04/2024

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.

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Jorge Loser

Espinof

02/08/2024

3.5/5

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]

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Sara Heredia

Sensacine

11/21/2023

4/5

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

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Philipp Engel

Cinemanía (Spain)

11/20/2023

4/5

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

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Javier Ocaña

El Pais (Spain)

11/20/2023

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]

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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.

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, Comedy, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: Spanish
Release Date (Streaming): Feb 14, 2025
Runtime: 2h 2m