Underplayed Gems
The whole movie catalogue

Films and series, searchable by what they are

← Back to the shop

Cura sana (2024)

Cura sana poster
Directed by
Lucía G. Romero
Genre
drama
Country
Spain
Runtime
18 min
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

Two sisters face domestic violence at home and take out their pain on each other. The film shows how their shared trauma turns their relationship into another source of violence.

tenseunsettlingbleakemotionally heavyintimaterawsadclaustrophobic

What happens

Cura sana is a 2024 Spanish short drama film written and directed by Lucía G. Romero. It tells the story of two sisters, Jessica and Alma, who are victims of domestic violence at home and therefore treat each other with violence. It was selected in the Generation 14plus section at the 74th Berlin International Film Festival, where it had its World premiere on 19 February and won Crystal Bear for the Best Short Film. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

More like this

This page is from Underplayed Gems. Not quite it? Tell the Catbot what you feel like watching and it picks from the whole catalogue, or browse by genre, country and year.

Lists: Korean thrillers worth the evening · Anime films beyond Studio Ghibli · Slow films for a rainy night · Horror that unsettles instead of startling · Series you can finish in a weekend · Nordic crime worth the subtitles · Good films that end in under 90 minutes · Documentaries that play like thrillers

Loading movies…

What should I watch?