A HOUSE ON FIRE
[CASA EN FLAMES]
Acclaimed comedy director Dani de la Orden (YOU KEEP THE KIDS) returns with a dark family comedy, set in Catalonia’s Costa Brava, that features an all-star cast of Spanish actors, including Emma Vilarasau, Maria Rodríguez Soto, Enric Auquer, Macarena García, Alberto San Juan and Clara Segura. Overbearing matriarch Montse (Vilarasau) gathers her dysfunctional family at her beach house under the guise of prepping it for sale. Daughter Júlia (Soto) brings her own husband and daughters — and their chaotic energy — to the function, while neurotic son David (Auquer) cannot wait to show off his new girlfriend (García). Consumed with their own personal dramas, they have long ignored their doting mother who has sacrificed so much for her children. As tensions boil, and Montse’s ex-husband (San Juan) crashes the gathering with his new girlfriend (Segura) in tow, the family reckons with the past and unearths long-buried secrets. Winner of Best Original Screenplay at the Goya Awards and nominated in eight categories, HOUSE ON FIRE is a delightful film whose merciless takedown of its upper-class cast echoes the work of Spanish iconoclast Luis Buñuel. DIR/PROD Dani de la Orden; SCR Eduard Sola; PROD Alberto Aranda, Toni Carrizosa, Ana Eiras, Kike Maíllo, Bernat Saumell. Spain, 2024, color, 105 min. In Catalan and Spanish with English subtitles. NOT RATED
Run Time: 105 Minutes
Opening Date: Saturday, May 31, 2025
Genre: Comedy, drama
