The Reconquest

The Reconquest

Directed by Jonás Trueba

2016108 min5.8 / 10

A tender, introspective meditation on time, memory, and the enduring power of first love, centered on two people reuniting after fifteen years to honor a promise made in youth.

Manuela and Olmo meet in a future as they had promised fifteen years earlier as teenagers, when they lived their first love. Based on this romantic situation, La Reconquista is in fact a film on a quest for time; or about the awareness of time: of time lost and time recovered; about what we remember about ourselves and what we don't remember; about the words, gestures and feelings to which we remain faithful, because they define and compel us today, yesterday and tomorrow.

Questions people ask

  • Is The Reconquest violent? No. Less violent than 92% of films.

  • Is The Reconquest sad? Yes. More sad than 88% of films.

  • Is The Reconquest scary? Barely. Less frightening than 84% of films.

  • Is The Reconquest easy watching? Yes. More comforting than 77% of films.

  • Does The Reconquest end with hope? Somewhat. More hopeful than 70% of films.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

23/ 100

Cinnamon Score

How much this film gives you that nothing else will, and whether it delivers.

Conventional, and it does not land.

Rarity68

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise5

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love15

How much audiences actually like it

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Ensemble

Like The Reconquest

Nearest across the full emotional profile.

Same Mood as The Reconquest

Nearest on what's most distinctive about this one.

Like The Reconquest, But Darker

Similar, pushed toward heavier and more intense.

Like The Reconquest, But Lighter

Similar, pushed toward warmer and easier.

Like The Reconquest, But Less Popular

Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.

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