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Olga lives a strictly regulated life without attachments in a vast apartment block. When out of financial necessity she rents a room in her apartment to a man who also sneaks-in his nine-year-old son, an unlikely bond forms. Her carefully controlled world begins to shift, and their lives become intertwined against her will.

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Nicolas Rapold Sight & Sound Mar 12
Eimbcke delivers a humbly poignant film that affirms his lineage with the great children’s auteurs like Lamorisse and Truffaut. Go to Full Review Jonathan Romney Screen International Mar 10
Overall, the stylistic execution makes for a combination of austerity, warmth and dogged taciturnity that’s not unlike Olga herself. Go to Full Review Ryan Lattanzio IndieWire Mar 10
B
As end-of-innocence tales of youth go, “Flies” is refreshingly unsentimental. Go to Full Review Nicholas Bell IONCINEMA.com Mar 10
3.5/5
The real momentum of the film belongs to Bastian Escobar, who is, in essence, just being a child who misses his mother. The lesson learned here is old as human existence -- you catch more flies with honey. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

Cast & Crew

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Fernando Eimbcke

Director

Teresa Sánchez

Olga

Bastian Escobar

Cristian

Hugo Ramírez

Tulio

Enrique Arreola

Actor

Vanesa Garnica

Screenwriter
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Movie Info

Synopsis Olga lives a strictly regulated life without attachments in a vast apartment block. When out of financial necessity she rents a room in her apartment to a man who also sneaks-in his nine-year-old son, an unlikely bond forms. Her carefully controlled world begins to shift, and their lives become intertwined against her will.
Director
Fernando Eimbcke
Producer
Eréndira Núñez Larios, Fernando Eimbcke, Michel Franco
Screenwriter
Vanesa Garnica, Fernando Eimbcke
Genre
Drama
Original Language
Spanish
Runtime
1h 39m