Underplayed Gems

Water Circles Under Cotton Clouds (2023)

Water Circles Under Cotton Clouds poster
Original title
Círculos sobre agua, bajo nubes de algodón
Directed by
Xu Xiaoxi, Roberto F. Canuto
Genre
drama film, independent film, social realism, mystery film, LGBTQ-related film, dystopian fiction
Country
Spain
Runtime
24 min
Rated
12
Rating
3.5 of 10 from 4 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

In a dystopian future ravaged by pandemics and reactionary politics, a group of young people hide on the outskirts of a city after stealing a batch of vaccines. The leaders want to sell them on the black market while others try to distribute them to the marginalized unvaccinated population, and tensions around sexuality and ethnicity emerge within the group.

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