La amiga de mi amiga

Life is like a movie for Zaida, an aspiring filmmaker navigating Barcelona’s queer dating scene after she’s recently been dumped. Taking place over the course of three weeks, La amiga de mi amiga follows Zaida through a series of fast-paced romantic highs and lows, all while she's trying to finish her script. After meeting Lara – her girlfriend’s new girlfriend – at a party and immediately falling for her, they keep bumping into each other at the cinema; their story reflects the three Eric Rohmer films (A Good Marriage, The Green Ray, and My Girlfriend’s Boyfriend) they watch over the course of the film.

In this witty, frankly cinephile comedy, queer spaces are at the forefront as you follow Zaida on her nights out at bars, parties and art shows with her tight-knit community of lesbians. Women are constantly celebrated, through the characters in Zaida's life, in shots of books about female artists on shelves and framed pictures of film stars on the walls. Rohmer's influence on Zaida's life is clearly seen throughout the course of her relationship with Lara; their secret love blossoms as they discuss cinema and their love lives while struggling to create their own art. Carmona’s casual elegance toward her subject matter makes La amiga de mi amiga one of the greatest discoveries of 2022.

– Felicia Maroni