(courtesy First Showing)
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Grieving the loss of his girlfriend Daniela, Nicolás (Henry Golding) is consumed by sorrow. But he sees a glimmer of hope when he’s offered a chance to participate in groundbreaking sleep therapy simulating reality. But as dream and memory blur, he must confront what healing really means—and whether he’s ready to let go. From visionary filmmaker Nacho Vigalondo, Daniela Forever is a sci-fi journey through love, loss, and illusion. Daniela Forever is written and directed by the Spanish genre filmmaker Nacho Vigalondo, director of the films Timecrimes, Extraterrestrial, and Colossal previously, plus eps of The Neighbor, Our Flag Means Death, & Stories to Stay Awake most recently, and tons of other shorts. It’s produced by Todd Brown, Maxime Cottray, Nahikari Ipiña, Nick Spicer, Aram Tertzakian, Nacho Vigalondo. This initially premiered at the 2024 Toronto Film Festival last year. (courtesy First Showing)
Oh, how we wish we could go back in time for so many things!
There’s no guarantee anything would be improved but the idea that it might, that we could fix what went wrong is compelling as hell and so, you can understand why Nicolás jumps at the chance to have another go at fixing things with his onetime girlfriend.
The trailer suggests a very quirky film in the offing but also one that lets you ask big questions and feel huge things and that alone will make it worth the watch.
Daniela Forever opens in select US cinemas on 11 July.