EVERYBODY KNOWS (15)

WHO’S IN IT?

Penélope Cruz (Vicky Cristina Barcelona), Javier Bardem (No Country For Old Men), Ricardo Darín (The Secret In Their Eyes), Bárbara Lennie (Obaba), Inma Cuesta (Julieta), Elvira Mínguez (Tapas), Eduard Fernández (The Skin I Live In), Ramón Barea (By My Side Again), Sara Sálamo (Three-60), Carla Campra (Ivan’s Dream), Roger Casamajor (Pan’s Labyrinth), José Ángel Egido (The Blind Sunflowers), Sergio Castellanos (Che), Jordi Bosch (The Good Life), Jaime Lorente (Gun City)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Asghar Farhadi (The Salesman), director, writer; Álvaro Longoria (Iberia) and Alexandre Mallet-Guy (The Past), producers; Javier Limón (Walking Vengeance), composer; José Luis Alcaine (Volver), cinematographer; Hayedeh Safiyari (A Separation), editor

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

Laura (Cruz), a Spanish woman living in Argentina, returns to her home town with her two children for her sister’s wedding. However, unexpected events begin to cause several tensions between family and the community to arise, and harrowing secrets are revealed…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

Real-life power couple Penélope Cruz and Javier Bardem act opposite each other for the first time in over ten years in Oscar-winner Asghar Farhadi’s latest drama.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

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