Pablo Núñez

Marisa Paredes is Leocadia ("Leo") Macias, a woman writing “pink” romance novels under the alias of Amanda Gris that are very popular all across Spain. Unlike her romantic novels, her own love life is troubled. Leo has a less than happy relationship with her husband Paco, a military officer stationed in Brussels then later in Bosnia, who is distant both physically and emotionally.

Pepa resolves to kill herself with a batch of sleeping-pill-laced gazpacho after her lover leaves her. Fortunately, she is interrupted by a deliciously chaotic series of events.

一人の少女を主人公に、彼女が体験する現実と空想の交錯した世界を繊細に描き出した作品。スペインのとある小さな村に「フランケンシュタイン」の巡回映画がやってくる。6歳の少女アナは姉から怪物は村外れの一軒家に隠れていると聞き、それを信じ込む。そんなある日、彼女がその家を訪れた時、そこで一人のスペイン内戦で傷ついた負傷兵と出合い……。