El Planeta is an absurdist comedy film directed and written by Amalia Ulman.

[2] An absurdist comedy, the film centers on the story of a mother and daughter facing eviction in post-crisis Spain and scamming their way to a more comfortable lifestyle.

The film is loosely based on the real-life Spanish mother-daughter petty-crime duo Justina and Ana Belén.

[4] The cast includes:[5] Ulman wrote, produced, and directed the feature, which stars herself and her mother in the latter's debut performance on the silver screen.

[4] The film was shot in black and white in Gijón, the Spanish town where Ulman grew up.