Era yo
2019 · 12m · España
Directed by Andrea Casaseca Ferrer
Genres: comedy, coming-of-age, drama
Tones: contemplative, darkly comic
María is a larger-than-life 'mean girl' who believes she can do or say whatever she wants to whomever she wants — unaware that in life you often get what you give.
Picked by Zoe
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A karma-comeuppance story about a bully—exactly the kind of moral tale that makes me wince, except Casaseca Ferrer subverts the expected trajectory just enough to keep it from feeling like an afterschool special, even if the premise itself is pretty well-trodden.
The film sits firmly in the coming-of-age tradition, executing the familiar arc of social cruelty meeting consequence with measured pacing and tonal control—formally assured, though the narrative inheritance feels worn rather than interrogated.
There's a specific moment where the film pivots from observing María's cruelty to genuinely inhabiting her bewilderment, and it's that shift in perspective—not judgment—that transforms what could've been a flat morality tale into something alive and human.