The Water (Spanish: El agua) is a 2022 internationally co-produced drama film with magic realism elements directed by Elena López Riera [ca] in her directorial debut feature which stars Luna Pamies, Bárbara Lennie and Nieve de Medina.
Set in southeastern Spain, with the backdrop of a local superstition concerning women being predestined to drown in river floods, the plot follows Ana, who lives with her mother and her grandmother,[1] while the storm is coming.
[10][2] For its North-American premiere, it made it to the 'Contemporary World Cinema' strand of the 2022 Toronto International Film Festival.
[11] Filmin and Elastica scooped the distribution rights for Spain,[6] where the film was scheduled to be theatrically released on 28 October 2022.
[15] Elsa Fernández-Santos of El País deemed the "suggestive" debut feature to be "a film where the arcane becomes visible in a subtle and interior way".