'Everyone Knows It') is a 2018 Spanish-language mystery/crime drama film written and directed by Iranian filmmaker Asghar Farhadi, and starring Javier Bardem, Penélope Cruz and Ricardo Darín.

[8] The story follows Laura, a Spanish woman living in Buenos Aires, who returns with her teenage daughter Irene and young son Diego to her small hometown just outside Madrid for her younger sister's wedding.

Laura runs into her old friend Paco in the town square while Irene flirts with a local teenage boy named Felipe.

Desperate to help, Paco considers selling his lands to a business partner so he can pay Irene's ransom but his wife Bea advises against it.

That night, Laura's niece Rocío sneaks out of the house and travels to an abandoned, run-down building on the outskirts of the town.

This angers Gabriel and prompts a crying Rocío to beg for her husband to let Irene go; their collective actions have deviated too far from the original plan and caused irreparable damage.

At dawn, Paco receives a voice recording of Irene begging for her rescue and a text message of where to perform the exchange.

Once he arrives, Paco gets out of his car and rushes to inspect a loud noise made by something large being tossed into a nearby river.

[9] Shortly after, having previously purchased Spanish distribution rights to the film, Focus Features further acquired distribution rights to the film in the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, India, select Asian territories and the Middle East excluding Iran in a bidding war that included Netflix among others.

The Critics Consensus says: "Everybody Knows is somewhat less than the sum of its parts despite the efforts of an outstanding cast - and a disappointing step back for writer-director Asghar Farhadi.

"[13] On the aggregator Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 68 out of 100, based on 16 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".

A. Dowd gave the film a B rating, saying that "Javier Bardem and Penélope Cruz help break Cannes' opening-night curse".