Flechas
2022 · 16m · España
Directed by Imanol Ruiz de Lara
Genres: coming-of-age, drama
Gabrielle, Emma, Leire and Zoe are four 16-year-old girls who decide to spend a fun night of laughter, confidences and alcohol in their boarding-school gymnasium. In the course of their conversations, alongside the joy and spontaneity of that stage of life, jealousy and the confession of a terrible truth emerge.
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The scouts
It's a competent boarding-school drama that hits the expected beats—confession, tension, moral reckoning—but never twists the knife in an unexpected direction; Ruiz de Lara seems more interested in earning our sympathy than making us uncomfortable.
The film demonstrates precise control over tone and pacing, situating itself squarely in the European coming-of-age lineage while the gymnasium setting becomes a formal constraint that disciplines the emotional revelation—economical and well-proportioned work.
The decision to keep the camera mostly static and let the girls' voices carry the weight of confession creates an almost claustrophobic intimacy that makes the final truth land harder than a more manipulative edit ever could.