Candela Recio

Nobody ever forgets their first true love. Manuela and Olmo were aware that nobody ever forgets their first true love, even at the tender age of 15. Now that they are both over thirty, they live in completely different worlds. Manuela has moved to Buenos Aires and Olmo is living with his new girlfriend. The magic of young love seems long gone. With trepidation yet familiarity, the two suddenly find themselves facing each other - not entirely by accident - in Madrid, their native city. (imdb)

Director Jonás Trueba captures the spirit of a group of teens in Spain in an empathic, compelling, and moving way. In 2016, Trueba asked the teens to participate in a five-year project, in which they recreated situations from their lives. They talk about their insecurities, wanting to be accepted, loneliness, and what they are supposed to do with their lives. They demonstrate against school privatisation, debate politics and, like many adults, worry about the planet's future.