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2015 111 min ★ 6.2 Drama

After finding a lump in one of her breasts, Magda goes to visit her doctor who gives her bad news: she needs a mastectomy, preceded by severe chemo treatments. While she ponders this ill fortune at a soccer game where her son Dani participates, she attracts the attention of talent scout Arturo, who is looking for talented young players to enroll them in the junior leagues.

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Cast

Penélope Cruz

Magda

Luis Tosar

Arturo

Asier Etxeandia

Julián

Teo Planell

Dani

Silvia Abascal

Chemotherapy Nurse

Àlex Brendemühl

Raúl

Anna Jiménez

Natasha

Jon Kortajarena

Handsome Man #1

Ciro Miró

Handsome Man #2

Miguel Mota

ICU Doctor

Details

Director

Julio Medem

Screenplay

Julio Medem

Status

Released

Original Language

ES

Production

Morena Films, Ad Hoc Productions, Backup Media, Mare Nostrum Productions, Movistar Plus+, TVE

Reviews

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CinemaSerf

March 4, 2025

★ 7/10

“Magda” (Penélope Cruz) is separated from the father of their son “Dani” (Teo Planell) and has just lost her seasonal teaching job as she continues to juggle the responsibilities of parenting and living. Then a bombshell arrives in the form of breast cancer and her world is turned upside down. Fortunately, though, she encounters “Arturo” (Luis Tosar) at one of her son’s less successful football ma...