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2017 · 16m · España
Directed by Sonia Sebastián
Tones: darkly comic, humorous
Lina learns that Lina has hepatitis. Following a doctor's instructions, Lina must contact former partners so that each partner can get a check-up.
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Most films would've turned this into either pure farce or tearful indie drama, but Sebastián threads a needle nobody asked for — hepatitis disclosure as a genuinely funny, genuinely uncomfortable social reckoning that refuses to pick a lane.
A formally precise comedy-drama that understands the genealogy of intimate awkwardness cinema, deploying restraint and deadpan timing with the confidence of someone who knows exactly which traditions she's working within and against.
The entire film pivots on Sebastián's decision to play Lina's phone calls straight—no cutaways, no relief—which transforms what could've been a sitcom premise into something that gets under your skin through sheer performative commitment and refusal to soften the social friction.