Directed by:
Julio MedemScreenplay:
Julio MedemCinematography:
Kiko de la RicaComposer:
Alberto IglesiasCast:
Penélope Cruz, Luis Tosar, Asier Etxeandía, Teo Planell, Alex Brendemühl, Anna Jiménez, Elena Carranza, Nicolás De Vicente, Silvia Abascal, Miguel Mota (more)Plots(1)
Her heart already bruised by her husband's decision to spend the summer away from Madrid with his young lover, Magda (Cruz) is informed that she has breast cancer. Her kindly doctor (Àlex Brendemühl, also appearing at the Festival in Truman) holds out hope for Magda's survival, but she'll need painful radiation treatments and a mastectomy. The very day Magda learns of her diagnosis, she attends her little boy's soccer game. It's there that she meets Arturo (Luis Tosar), a scout for the legendary Real Madrid soccer team. Arturo receives a phone call with terrible news: his wife and daughter have been in an accident. Arturo collapses, Magda rushes him to the hospital where his wife lays in coma. These twin catastrophes give birth to a very special bond between Magda and Arturo - one that will endure as the courses of their lives take further twists and turns. (Toronto International Film Festival)
(more)Cast
![Penélope Cruz](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/166/212/166212031_8666a6.jpg)
Penélope Cruz
Spain
Best movies:
All About My Mother (1999)
Blow (2001)
Live Flesh (1997)
![Luis Tosar](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/412/412661_1cc072.jpg)
Luis Tosar
Spain
Best movies:
Cell 211 (2009)
La flaqueza del bolchevique (2003)
Take My Eyes (2003)
![Asier Etxeandía](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/983/163983419_2f1775.jpg)
Asier Etxeandía
Spain
Best movies:
Los serrano (2003) (series)
Broken Embraces (2009)
The open door (2016)
![Teo Planell](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/877/161877739_5ecb16.jpg)
Teo Planell
Best movies:
Ma ma (2015)
Zip and Zap and the Captain's Island (2016)
![Alex Brendemühl](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/273/273188_513e52.jpg)
Alex Brendemühl
Spain
Best movies:
El perqué de tot plegat (1994)
Among Wolves (2011)
7 Years (2016)
Anna Jiménez
Best movies:
Ma ma (2015)
Elena Carranza
Best movies:
Ma ma (2015)
Nicolás De Vicente
Best movies:
Ma ma (2015)
![Silvia Abascal](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/916/159916689_996c40.jpg)
Silvia Abascal
Spain
Best movies:
Aquí no hay quien viva (2003) (series)
Wolf (2004)
El tiempo de la felicidad (1997)
Miguel Mota
Spain
Best movies:
Gran Hotel (2011) (series)
Ma ma (2015)
Que parezca un accidente (2008)
Javier Martos
Best movies:
Ma ma (2015)
Ein Ferienhaus auf Teneriffa (2019) (TV movie)
Anabel Maurín
Best movies:
Ma ma (2015)
![Jon Kortajarena](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/525/161525621_43108e.jpg)
Jon Kortajarena
Spain
Best movies:
A Single Man (2009)
Ma ma (2015)
Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga (2020)
Ciro Miró
Spain
Best movies:
May God Save Us (2016)
The Lighthouse of the Whales (2016)
Ma ma (2015)
Manuel Toro
Best movies:
Ma ma (2015)
The Liberator (2013)
Mónica Sagrera
Best movies:
Ma ma (2015)
The Conspiracy (2008)
Black Serenade (2001)
Laura Prats
Best movies:
Ma ma (2015)
Carta a Eva (2012) (TV movie)