#despiteeverything

"Despite everything, it's still you."

Thank you everyone!

(Yes, this is the end!)

If you came into this movie thinking like I did- that Blanca Suárez’s character in this movie would be anything like her starring role in Netflix’s Las Chicas De Cable, you’d be kinda right.

As an ever-bustling fashion exec in New York City, lady boss Sara finds out her mom has suddenly passed away, leaving her to reunite in Madrid with her three other super-individualistic sisters.

Claudia (played by Belén Cuesta), a privileged housewife, finds herself alone, surrounded by her separated husband’s riches, a bunch of pills and lots and lots of alcohol.

Sofía (played by Amaia Salamanca), a rebellious lover and fighter, juggles between her lone-wolf tendencies and the first real relationship she’s had in her life.

And last but certainly not least, Lucía (played by Macarena García), the sexy, misunderstood baby of the family is just trying to find her way in the world with shorty shorts and looks to kill.

Four different lives, four very different paths merge to grieve a mother who was lived, it seems, by many more people than they had previously thought.

After all the chaos that comes with a funeral and burial, it comes to light during a meeting with the deceased mother Carmen’s lawyer that the father they had grown up with all their lives isn’t actually their biological father. So their mother, through a posthumous video, sends them all on a mission to find out who their individual biological fathers truly are.

From an artist’s studio to a bakery to a monastery, some twists and turns that I won’t mention for fear of giving away too much, keeps the story going even though there are a few predictable plot points along the way like a forgotten romance and the like.

But what ends up being unexpected in this movie is the heart, humor, and reality of life depicted through the eyes of director Gabriela Tagliavini’s vision. Plus, who doesn’t love picturesque views of modern Madrid?

In the end, I found A Pesar De Todo to be an empowering, unexpected and lovely dramedy to be enjoyed solo or with all your ladies.