Film
Most Beautiful Island (18)
A day in the life of an undocumented Spanish immigrant in New York is given the Grand Guignol treatment. Inspired by her own experiences, director-writer-producer Asensio plays Luciana, a Spanish immigrant trying to build a life for herself in the Big Apple. With no social security number and thus no hope of a steady income, she is forced to take work where she can.
When her Russian friend Olga suggests a highly-paid, no-questions-asked job, Luciana is in no position to say no. A veritable masterclass in mounting tension and insidious discomfort, Asensio expertly utilises genre conventions to heighten her dark and often painfully sad parable about exploitation and the American Dream.
See this if you enjoyed: Room, Berlin Syndrome, Little Ghandi
Dir. Ana Asensio, Spain/US, 2017, 80 mins, some subtitles. Cast. Ana Asensio, Natasha Romanova, David Little, Nicholas Tucci.
When her Russian friend Olga suggests a highly-paid, no-questions-asked job, Luciana is in no position to say no. A veritable masterclass in mounting tension and insidious discomfort, Asensio expertly utilises genre conventions to heighten her dark and often painfully sad parable about exploitation and the American Dream.
See this if you enjoyed: Room, Berlin Syndrome, Little Ghandi
Dir. Ana Asensio, Spain/US, 2017, 80 mins, some subtitles. Cast. Ana Asensio, Natasha Romanova, David Little, Nicholas Tucci.