This Christmas horror season, it’s not just insane clowns bringing the thrills. One of last year’s Fantastic Fest standouts was You Are Not Me, a Spanish thriller by Marisa Crespo & Moisés Romera. This gripping film follows Aitana, who returns home for the first time in three years to surprise her conservative family with her wife and their newly adopted son. But her family’s unexpected reaction to her arrival soon raises suspicions, as Aitana begins to feel displaced in her own home.
Set in a villa in the Spanish countryside, You Are Not Me introduces Nadia, a Romanian refugee who has taken over Aitana’s room, her clothes, and even her family heirlooms. Why have her traditionally reserved parents suddenly embraced this mysterious newcomer? Is Nadia a calculated usurper, or an innocent caught in the web of something far darker? This intense thriller explores the uncanny within the familiar, offering a fresh, unsettling twist on the holiday season.
Doppelgänger Releasing brings You Are Not Me to theaters and digital platforms on December 6th. It’s a fierce, raw exploration of identity and family that promises to be a chilling holiday treat. Don’t miss this unexpected and eerie addition to the yuletide season.
Aitana returns home for the first time in three years, excited to introduce her wife and their adopted infant son to her extended family and celebrate Christmas together. The family villa in the Spanish countryside is exactly as she remembers – except for the addition of Nadia, a Romanian refugee who has claimed Aitana’s bedroom, her clothes, and her family heirlooms. Why have Aitana’s conservative parents, long suspicious of immigrants, embraced the mysterious Nadia with such uncharacteristic warmth? Is Nadia a shrewd usurper, or an unwitting vessel for darker forces spreading across the land? A twisty thriller that locates the uncanny in the reflexive cordiality of the holiday season, YOU ARE NOT ME is a dark and disturbing dispatch from the most irrational realm: family.
WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY Marisa Crespo, Moisés Romera
STARRING Roser Tapias, Pilar Almeria, Anna Kurikka
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