Alicia is a selfish brat who is crazy about video games. As her parents work and nobody cares about her, her mother decides to send her to an island where old Aunt Belinda lives. No running water or electricity, by the sea and at the foot of volcano, Alicia fears that the holidays are a bore. In addition, it is rumored that her aunt is a witch, there is a man chasing dragons and two very strange. Something mysterious and magnetic fields emanating from the mountain.
Production
Volcano island location feels genuinely remote and slightly unhinged.
Costume
Aunt Belinda's witchy layers deserve their own Pinterest board.
Director
Dacil Pérez de Guzmán
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Director Dacil Pérez de Guzmán shot on Lanzarote's volcanic landscapes, using practical locations with no electricity to mirror Alicia's disconnection.
The film belongs to a niche wave of 2010s Spanish children's cinema exploring rural abandonment and intergenerational reconnection—think Spirit of the Beehive for the iPad generation.
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