This movie tells us a real story without unnecessary extra drama, because the real drama is so powerful that you don’t need more extravagance. The acting is superb. The context and facts are really well adjusted. It dwells on a subject rarely treated in films. Juan Diego Botto has had a long and brilliant career as an actor in Argentina and Spain and this, his debut as feature film director, could not be more auspicious. The scenario is Orcasitas, a working class neighborhood of Madrid. The subject is the eviction of people from their homes or apartments due to non-payment of mortgage or rent and its consequences. There are three separate stories. If you only know Penélope Cruz from her glossy, sleek but typecast Hollywood work, you may not have realized how good an actress she really is; the scene where she awaits eviction at dawn is riveting. A very chaotic film where people’s stories criss cross in a fabulous manner. The cast does a brilliant job, and the director and crew don’t spare any methods to show reality. A superb film.