Canícula

A film director with a crisis of creativity, a journalist of Telemadrid, a butcher and a housewife with both legs in plaster, a North African taxi driver, an unemployed publicity manager, a young judge, a child of good family who works as a laborer. Amazingly, all these characters have something in common: they are spending the summer in Madrid. The relentless heat in midsummer will leave its mark on their lives

Directed by Álvaro García-Capelo, Canícula leans on a strong ensemble — Farid Fatmi, Nathalie Seseña, Antón Reixa — to carry a story that balances spectacle with character.

The film landed with audiences for its craft and performances, and remains one of the most talked-about comedy titles of 2002.