The Sacred Spirit

José Manuel (Nacho Fernández) is a regular guy – or at least, regular by the standards of his community. His mother Carmina (Rocío Ibáñez), now elderly and increasingly suffering from dementia, was a well-respected medium in her time, and has raised him in a corner of Elche where more or less everyone seems to be into some form of esoterica. The local television airs New Age shows all the time, the kids are all hooked on YouTube brainrot videos about cosmic conspiracies, and even the tapas bar that José Manuel runs is festooned with evocative Egyptian imagery. But not all is well. His sister Charo (Joanna Valverde) has been dealing with the one-two punch of her husband dying and Vanessa, her daughter, going missing. The police suspect it’s something to do with dodgy connections Vanessa’s father had, but they’ve made no progress in actually finding her, and the worry and media attention has been terrible for Charo and Verónica (Llum Arqués), Vanessa’s twin sister. And then there’s the…

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