El cuarto de Mona

'El cuarto de Mona' is a comedy directed by Galician filmmaker Darío Autrán, who takes up the direction with his second feature film. The film was shown in the Official Selection at Ourense International Film Festival. Starring Sabela Hermida, with her first leading role in cinema, in which she plays Mona, a woman who is experiencing a terrible existential crisis. She is about to turn 40, she does not have a job, she does not have a boyfriend and she barely has money to live. Her frustrated dream is to be an actress, which has made her feel unfulfilled and reach an extreme situation. Tired of living, Mona, who hates her name and asks to be called Raquel, decides to jump off a bridge on the outskirts of the city.

However, when she is about to commit suicide, she receives a series of calls that will prevent the tragedy. She is approaching her birthday and her family wants to organize a party for her and, in addition, she receives a job offer to work as a waitress in a beach bar that is on the seashore.

Excited, Mona sees this as a sign that there is hope. However, what appears to be an attempt to return to normality and to look at the positive side of life will trigger a frantic week with all kinds of triggered situations, in which Mona will have to rethink her life.