Rafael Carmona

In Madrid, Spain, a mysterious serial killer ruthlessly murders his victims by recreating the first appearance of several comic book superheroes. Cosme, a veteran police inspector who is about to retire, works on the case along with the tormented inspector David Valentín and his own son Jorge Elías, a nerdy young man who owns a comic book store.

Coslada, near Madrid, Spain, October 2015. Hundreds of extras are trapped in a huge stage where they pretend with hysterical joy that they are celebrating a party that will be broadcast on television on New Year's Eve. But more than a week later, the clash between several staff members threatens to prolong indefinitely such a maddening nightmare.

ペネロペ・クルス演じるライムンダの娘パウラが、養父であるライムンダの夫を刺殺してしまう。娘のためと事件の隠蔽を図っていると、最愛の叔母が亡くなったとの知らせが届き……。たくましく生きる女性の姿を描いた、ペドロ・アルモドヴァル監督作品。