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YOU ARE NOT ME – Review by Justina Walford

November 29, 2024December 1, 2024 Justina Walford Christmas horror, Marisa Crespo, Moisés Romera, Pilar Almería, Spanish films, You Are Not Me

You Are Not Me is a Christmas horror film from Spain. I jokingly told a friend that it’s The Wicker Man meets Home for the Holidays. While not an entirely accurate description, it feels true in a horror holiday sense. The film has the eerie feel of The Wicker Man, with a supernatural unease that sets in the moment Aitana makes an unexpected visit to her parents with her wife and baby. And at its core, the film is a story about a woman who feels alienated in her own home among her own flesh and blood.

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YOU’RE NOT ME – Review by Nadine Whitney

October 2, 2023October 3, 2023 Nadine Whitney fantastic fest 2023, horror, Marisa Crespo, Moisés Romera, Spanish films, Tú no Eres Yo, You’re Not Me

You’re Not Me succeeds when it is acting as a story about uneasy family dynamics but when it moves into the overtly foreshadowed occultist horror it somewhat loses its power. Aitana with her wife Gabi and newly adopted baby son Joao arrive at her parents’ house as a Christmas surprise and receive a distinctly chilly reception. Instead of the welcoming voice of her mother which has been on the end of telephone calls over the past three years, she is greeted with seeming disdain and agitation from Dori and Justo who have effectively replaced Aitana as a daughter with a refugee called Nadia they encountered begging for shelter in exchange for menial tasks nine months ago.