Synopsis
In a polished Mexico City talk show, a carefully curated interview with a Polish celebrity quickly unravels into an unscripted emotional clash. The celebrity, who traded her fame and comfort for a fairytale romance with a Mexican film director she met on Instagram, finds herself in a whirlwind of emotional displacement and identity crisis. Once living a picture-perfect life, she now struggles with a fractured love triangle—living above her boyfriend's ex-wife and feeling like an outsider in her own story.
As the host attempts to steer the conversation, the celebrity reveals the emotional toll of her sacrifice, only to be met with passive-aggressive remarks and dismissive questions about her impulsiveness and dependence. The tension heightens when surprise guests—her ex-boyfriend and his ex-wife—enter the studio, sparking a masterclass in passive humiliation. The ex-wife, composed and sharp, dismisses the celebrity's love story as fantasy and announces her new film project, written and directed by the same man who once promised the celebrity everything.
The conversation escalates into a surreal showdown, blurring the lines between reality and fantasy as the two women battle for emotional survival. In the end, the celebrity reveals she still lives with her ex, struggling to find a space that truly feels like hers in Mexico. Yet, despite the turmoil, she declares her ambition to become a serious actress, no longer afraid of vulnerability or taking up space. For the first time, she refuses to smile for the camera and reclaims the authorship of her own life.
Credits
Written by Mia Raz & Tamara Vallarta
Directed by Mia Raz
Assistant Director - Miguel Ángel Aguilar
Cinematographer/Editor - Gerardo Muñiz
Producer - Edgar Díaz
Casting - Mia Raz
Art Director - Adriana Aquilar
Assistant Art Director - Emilio Vargas
Makup & Hair Artist - Rodrigo Montoya Torres & Vanessa Villaescusa
Music by Mia Raz
In Poland she is well-know from being a daughter of a famous music composer as well as ex-girlfriend of a popular talk show presenter. She has never had a career of any kind, although she would like to try her acting skills professionally.
A self-disciplined, ambitious, hard working person. She is a perfectionist, who would not leave her comfort zone thus she enjoys her work as a presenter in order to spice up her life by listening to intense stories of others.
A well-known actor and film director in Mexico. His fame and a broad experience in film attract a lot of women, which boosts his ego. His Insatiable appetite for appearing in media regularly, propels him to make his films as well as private life controversial.
In the past she ran her own business with ashtrays, occasionally worked as an actress and an artistic director of theatre performances. Her marriage with an actor and a film director, that lasted nine years, was turbulent - full of passion, love, and jealousy.