El Agua takes us into a world that lies between reality and myth in a quiet village in the South of Spain. Elena Lopez Riera, a young filmmaker from Orihuela, shows us, with her first feature film, her origins through a narrative of initiation where, in its centre, is a group of teenagers bored by the quietness of the village during summer holidays.
Ana - a role in which debutante Luna Pamiés has won over international critics - lives an adolescent passion that clashes with the water inside her. An ancient belief perpetuated through orality, from woman to woman, where it is said that women who have "water inside them" will be carried away by the river.
Deeply acclaimed by critics at international film festivals, this feature film by Elena Lopez Riera is an intimate narrative that transports us to the myths and fantasies still perpetuated in rural regions today in which the importance of women in society is reinforced.

Cannes Film Festival 2022 - Directors Fortnight
Toronto Film Festival 2022
Lisbon & Estoril Film Festival 2022 - Special Jury Award - Revelation

Les Inrockuptibles ★★★★★ | Ouest France ★★★★★ I Libération ★★★★ | Le Monde ★★★★ | L'Obs ★★★★ | Télérama ★★★★ | Transfuge ★★★★