The Party’s Over

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.