Babies Don't Come with Instructions

Babies Don't Come with Instructions (Spanish: Sin instrucciones)[1] is a 2024 Spanish comedy-drama film directed by Marina Seresesky [es] and written by Marta Sánchez and Irene Niubó based on the 2013 Mexican film Instructions Not Included.

After Leo is dumped a baby girl (Alba) by his former fling Julia (who just disappears) in the Canary Islands, Leo moves to Bilbao to search unsuccessfully for Julia and grows fond of Alba instead as they become a family against the odds.

They are upended by the eventual return of Julia demanding the custody of the girl eight years later.

[4] It was shot in Biscay (including the Doña Casilda Iturrizar Park, the Vizcaya Bridge, the Casco Viejo, MercaBilbao and Guggenheim Museum Bilbao) and Gran Canaria (including Acantilado del Farallón, Maspalomas, and Playa de Las Burras).

[7] Juan Pando [es] of Fotogramas rated the film 4 out of 5 stars, declaring it a "splendid showcase of family cinema with humor, drama and positive values".