About

El Planeta is a comedy about eviction.

Amidst the devastation of post-crisis Spain, mother and daughter bluff and grift to keep up the lifestyle they think they deserve, bonding over common tragedy and an impending eviction.

Cast & Crew

Amalia Ulman as Leonor Jimenez
Ale Ulman as María Rendueles
Nacho Vigalongo as The Older Man
Chen Zhou as Amadeus

Original Score by Chicken
Cinematography by Carlos Rigo Bellver
Sound by Toni De Benito
Editing by Katharine McQuerry, Anthony Valdez

An Holga's Meow Pictures production in association with Operator, Memory, and Vilaüt Films

Written and Directed by Amalia Ulman

Press

El Planeta Heralds Amalia Ulman as an Invigorating New Cinematic Voice by Patrik Sandberg, Interview Magazine

In Amalia Ulman’s ‘El Planeta’, Even the Scammers are Being Scammed by Travis Diehl, FRIEZE

Q&A WITH AMALIA ULMAN, LE CINÉMA CLUB

A Mother and Daughter Go Broke in Style in an Appealingly Offbeat Comedy by Guy Lodge, Variety

Fun Mother-Daughter Grifter Comedy Will Keep You Guessing Until the End by Eric Kohn, Indiewire

Artist Amalia Ulman and her mother launch ‘El Planeta’ by Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times

‘El Planeta’: Film Review by David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter