The Other Way Around (12A)

A summer storm threatens as filmmaker Ale (played by Itsaso Arana), lying in bed with actor Alex (Vito Sanz), her partner of 14 years, asks the question: ‘What if we held a party to celebrate our break-up?’

This is the surprising premise of Jonás Trueba’s eighth feature, whose Spanish title Volveréis translates as ‘You’ll get back together’, which is what their families and close friends say every time ‘the perfect couple’ share their news, as they do… frequently. Will they, or won’t they?

Inspired by films such as 8??1/2 Weeks and Groundhog Day, Trueba draws out humour from the absurd belief that if you repeat something often enough it will become true.