AS NEVES

By Sonia MÉNDEZ

ICEX - ESPAÑA EXPORTACIÓN E INVERSIONES / TRADE COMMISSION OF SPAIN - as PROMO

Thriller - Completed 2024

The morning after carnival night in the Galician village of AS NEVES, local teenagers awake to discover that snowfall overnight has cut off their internet access and one of them never made it home from their magic mushroom-fueled party.

Festivals
& Awards

Cannes Marché du Film 2024
San Sebastian FF 2024
Made in Spain
Festival de Málaga 2024
Sección Oficial
    • Year of production
    • 2024
    • Genres
    • Thriller, Female director
    • Countries
    • SPAIN
    • Languages
    • SPANISH
    • Duration
    • 83 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Sonia MÉNDEZ
    • Writer(s)
    • Sonia MÉNDEZ
    • Producer(s)
    • Pedro HERNÁNDEZ (AQUI Y ALLI FILMS), Nati JUNCAL (COSMICA PRODUCIONS)
    • Synopsis
    • On Carnival night, a group of teenagers from the town
      celebrates at a party in an abandoned school and tries
      magic mushrooms for the first time.
      A video disrupts the party mood. No one knows who
      recorded it, but everyone has shared it, and it is on their phones. The next day, they wake up to find the town snowed in by a storm and learn that Paula, one of the girls at the party, is missing. Her ex-boyfriend, Manu, can't remember how the night ended, but he remembers having a heated conversation with her, and he wakes up with a wound but can't remember how he got it.
      Meanwhile, Sergeant Portas, head of the local police station, starts the investigation by interrogating the teenagers. Her daughter, Erea, provided the mushrooms for the party. Afraid of their parents’ reaction, the group agrees to cover up the existence of the video and having taken mushrooms. Feelings of guilt and mistrust develop in the community.
      The village becomes isolated, with no internet connection, and it becomes urgent to find Paula.
      The storm worsens. Classes are canceled, the power supply is cut off, and mobile phones become inoperable. Manu feels increasingly guilty and anxious, while Erea tries to avoid facing her emotions by finding ways to distract herself. None of them had any direct involvement in the tragic outcome.
      The storm subsides, and the search for Paula continues. With nothing to do in town but rack their brains, Manu and Erea are increasingly cornered. Erea focuses on making the video disappear; Manu feels more guilty and loses his temper. Unable to stand so much tension and doubting himself more, he decides to turn himself in to Sergeant Portas. Erea convinces him not to do it; she is sure he did nothing wrong and offers to help him find out what happened the night of the party. They join the group and try to reconstruct what happened. They both need to prove they are not responsible, but they can't put the pieces together and don't know how to handle their emotions. The storm abates, and Manu determines to turn himself in. Erea confesses that she recorded the video.
      Disconnected, they have to deal with the aftermath.
      The investigation into Paula's disappearance will profoundly change their lives and relationships within the village and the greater world.