El Planeta (2021) on Netflix
After her father dies, Leonor Jimenez returns to her mother, María Rendueles, in post-crisis Spain. An eviction is coming, so the two bluff and grift to keep the life they want.
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- Netflix4.0/5
- IMDb6.4/101,277 votes
- Rotten Tomatoes95%
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Plot summary
Leonor Jimenez is forced to return home after her father dies, and she reconnects with her mother, María Rendueles, in a Spain still working through its financial crisis. María does things her own eccentric way. They are facing eviction, and neither woman is ready to live more modestly than she thinks she deserves. Over the course of a week the two bluff and grift to hold on to a middle-class life they can no longer pay for. Leonor's hopes are tested. She tries to turn her sexuality into a route out. María, for her part, runs scams of her own.
Cast
- Genoveva Garcia Castanonas Craigslist Buyer
- Saoirse Bertramas Fashion Editor
- Andrea Escobaras Waitress
- Zhou Chenas Younger Man
- Carlos Carbonellas Supermarket Cashier
- Lorena Rodriguez Alvarezas Seamstress at Lydia Valledor
- Raquel Iglesias Sanjurjoas Gynecologist Patient #1
- Irene Iglesias Sanjurjoas Gynecologist Patient #2
- Lis Bierd Abreuas Gynecologist Patient #3
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about El Planeta (2021)
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- The story is loosely based on a real-life Spanish mother-and-daughter petty-crime duo. In the film, a mother and daughter facing eviction in post-crisis Spain scam their way to a more comfortable lifestyle.
- Ulman cast her own mother in the film and stars alongside her; it was her mother's debut performance on the silver screen.
