2024 - 69th Edition

The Party’s Over

Fin de fiesta

Elena Manrique

Spain, Belgium

- 2024

European premiere

A female variant of the Andalusian ‘señorito’, Carmina finds her daily life disrupted when she discovers that Bilal, an undocumented immigrant, has hidden in her house, fleeing from the police. Carmina decides to hide the young man, but this act of apparent generosity is tinged with darker intentions. The debut feature by Elena Manrique, one of Spain's leading producers (Cell 211, Pan's Labyrinth), dissects privilege, racism and class solidarity in a way rarely seen in recent Spanish cinema, in an Andalusian gothic tale that combines the claustrophobia of a story enclosed in a single setting with the insightful psychological portrait of its protagonists. The Party's Over is also the first major screen role for Sonia Barba, the driving force behind the transdisciplinary project Prostíbulo poético, who here embroiders the complex and recognisable profile of Carmina. The film arrives at SEMINCI after its world premiere in the Discovery section of the Toronto Film Festival.

Elena Manrique

After more than 25 years dedicated to executive production for cinema and televisión —in projects for Vértigo Films or Telecinco Cinema such as ‘Blue Is the Warmest Colour’, ‘Cell 211’, ‘Pan’s Labyrinth’ or ‘The Orphanage, among many others—, ‘The Party’s Over’ is her first foray as a feature film director: a movie intended to go beyond the space of experimentation. During that period, she directed medium-length films, shorts and different pieces of audiovisual creation of a very diverse nature. In 2013, she premiered the medium-length film ‘Cinema Verité, Verité’, a piece made following the rules of the #Littlesecretfilm manifestó, at Cineteca and at numerous festivals. She is also responsible for the teaser of the web series ‘Haciendo y deshaciendo’, the trailer ‘Another Man, Another Day’ (created for the Sitges Festival) and the shorts ‘Cena de Navidad’ and ‘Christmas Light and Shadows’, as well as being co-writer of ‘Ciudad Delirio’ (Chus Gutiérrez, 2014).

O.V. in Spanish, French subtitled in Spanish and English