
Boris Kostikov is an absolutely ordinary guy. An unfinished higher education, a junior manager position, a mortgage, a disgruntled wife, watching football on weekends - nothing sets him apart from millions of people on the planet. But one evening Boris's usual life changes, the secret services report that he was chosen to introduce our civilization to alien guests. What is it: a hoax or the truth? What do you need to do in the last week on earth? And what will he tell you about our universe? What is the meaning of life?
Not every film can make a shopping mall feel both magical and menacing, but Forbidden Fruits challenges that.
Pressure is an unambiguously great movie, lead by convincing performances, a well-crafted script, good direction, and at least some social awareness.
Years before Mexican director, Alfonso Cuaron, was winning Academy Awards for movies like Gravity (2013) and Roma(2018), he directed a small, intimate film about two best friends who decide to embark on an improvised road trip to spend time with an older, attractive woman who miraculously agrees to go with them. Y tu Mamá También is a deep journey into the raw sexuality and friendship of the young protagonists, as well as a subtle social and political commentary on Mexico at the time.