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CALLE MALAGA
Opens Friday, February 6
DIRECTED BY MARYAM TOUZANI
WRITTEN BY MARYAM TOUZANI & NABIL AYOUCH
STARRING CARMEN MAURA
From the director and screenwriters of THE BLUE CAFTAN (a 2023 FF premiere): In a Spanish-speaking enclave of Tangier, widowed Maria—Almodóvar leading lady Carmen Maura (WOMEN ON THE VERGE OF A NERVOUS BREAKDOWN)—loves her life on Calle Malaga, with her friendly neighbors, grocers, and café owners who know her routines, and a large flat filled with treasured belongings. But when her daughter Clara, the legal owner of the flat who is facing divorce and financial crisis back in Spain, insists on selling it—Maria is relegated to either live-in grandma status or a retirement home. Maria’s spunky (and wickedly humorous) obstinance and Clara’s mid-life desperation are both affecting, revealing as much of Maria’s vibrancy as her hardened entitlement and maternal shortcomings. A universal tragicomedy, offering compassion for today's aging parents and their adult children.
Presented with support from The Robert E. Appel Fund for Spanish and Portuguese Language Films
2025 116 MIN. MOROCCO / FRANCE / SPAIN / GERMANY / BELGIUM
STRAND RELEASING IN SPANISH AND ARABIC WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES
Reviews
“Magnificent... Touzani has created a space in CALLE MALAGA that you’ll want to stay in forever yourself.”
– Stephen Saito, The Moveable Fest
“[MAURA IS] IN MAGNIFICENT FORM...For those of us who have loved Carmen Maura since the first of her seven features with Pedro Almodóvar 45 years ago, watching her expressive face in CALLE MALAGA is its own wondrous reward... The movie is a sweet star showcase that belongs unequivocally to the incandescent Maura, whose earthy naturalness, sly humor and tenacious spirit feed a direct link back to her Almodóvarian glory days.”
– David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter