Perched on her balcony overlooking the lively Tangier street she’s called home for decades, María Ángeles is loving her golden years. So when her daughter abruptly drops the news that she’s selling María Ángeles’s beloved apartment out from under her, it’s a punch to the gut. And not one she’s about to take lying down. Refusing to accompany her daughter back to Madrid, María Ángeles quickly escapes the senior home she’s been installed in, breaks back into her old apartment, and starts buying back all her favorite furniture from the grouchy antique dealer. To make ends meet, she schemes with her young neighbors to start hosting parties to watch soccer games in her living room, serving tapas and beer. Soon she’s having even more fun than when she was living there legally—and maybe that antiques dealer isn’t such a bad guy, after all. Winner of festival audience awards around the world, this vibrant charmer is a sterling vehicle for the great Carmen Maura, the unforgettable star of many of Pedro Almodóvar’s all-time classics, including Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown, Volver, and What Have I Done to Deserve This? (MK)
This film is part of the Wisconsin Film Festival
