Watchable. A warm but tedious story of a summer of an orphaned girl which she's spending with her aunt's family. Disturbing at times since she's forced to undergo physicals after her parents died of AIDS. She feels unloved to the point of trying to get rid of her aunt's own daughter which enlivens the action slightly from time to time. But it's the ending that explains her motivation. Sadly, when she learns how to be cared about, she develops kind of BPD. All of that is shown through a slow and tranquil movie. There are plenty of close-ups of the children - pretty disgusting. Only the psychological plot merits seeing it at all.
2023 update: at the Lux Film Prize Days I heard the following: screenwriter/director Carla Simón's parents died of AIDS and she went to live with her uncle and aunt.
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