
Dying Beyond Their Means
Directed by Isaki Lacuesta
Produced by Ministerio de Cultura España, Versus Entertainment
A darkly comic, absurdist satire that weaponizes surreal violence and genre-defying humor to skewer economic collapse and ordinary people's desperate, delusional responses to systemic failure.
Isaki Lacuesta presents a social satire in which five common or garden citizens, from a country pretty much identical to our own, see their lives ripped apart by the economic crisis. With nothing more to lose, they come up with a crazy plan to save the Spanish and world economy: kidnap the chairman of the Central Bank and demand that he return everything to the way it used to be.
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Does Dying Beyond Their Means end with hope? Not especially. Less hopeful than 70% of films.
Is Dying Beyond Their Means violent? Somewhat. More violent than 68% of films.
Is Dying Beyond Their Means sad? Somewhat. More sad than 61% of films.
Is Dying Beyond Their Means easy watching? Not especially. Less comforting than 61% of films.
Is Dying Beyond Their Means scary? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.
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Conventional, and it does not land.
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Like Dying Beyond Their Means
Nearest across the full emotional profile.
Same Mood as Dying Beyond Their Means
Nearest on what's most distinctive about this one.
Like Dying Beyond Their Means, But Darker
Similar, pushed toward heavier and more intense.
Like Dying Beyond Their Means, But Lighter
Similar, pushed toward warmer and easier.
Like Dying Beyond Their Means, But Less Popular
Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.




























































