All Sunday screenings will have a live introduction with speaker tbc.

In an instant, nurse Manuela loses the teenage son she raised on her own. Grief-stricken, she sets out to search for the boy's long-lost father in Barcelona, where she reawakens into a new maternal role, at the head of a surrogate family that includes a pregnant, HIV-positive nun; an illustrious star of the stage; and a transgender sex worker.

Original language: Spanish

Presented with English subtitles

This season has been made possible by support from: The National Lottery, Too Much: Melodrama and the BFI Film Audience Network.