The Cinematheque

Spain

“A fun and festive comedy delight.”

Spanish Film Festival, Australia

Amor is in the frosty air in director Dani de la Orden’s reprise of his 2012 romantic-comedy hit, Barcelona Summer Night. Along with a change in temperature, this latest collection of Barcelona-based love stories—all unfolding on Christmas Eve—features a fresh ensemble of both established and up-and-coming Catalonian actors, and an original pop soundtrack composed specifically for the film. Among its crisscrossing, seasonal scenarios: a young couple copes with first-time parenthood over the holidays; a closeted grandmother comes out during Christmas dinner; roommates table the pros and cons of a proposed ménage à trios; and a jaded Saint Nicholas actor has an unexpected encounter, which rekindles his flame for a long-lost love.