Synopsis
Common Wealth (La comunidad, 2000) is a Spanish black comedy thriller you can watch online on iFILM, directed by Álex de la Iglesia. The entire film takes place inside one Madrid apartment building — a claustrophobic setup that de la Iglesia turns into a pressure cooker.
Real estate agent Julia discovers a fortune in cash hidden in a dead tenant's flat. She decides to keep it. The problem: every other resident in the building has known about that money for years and considers it rightfully theirs. What follows is a slow escalation of threats, alliances and small betrayals, with Carmen Maura holding the centre as a woman who is scared, calculating and just resourceful enough to stay one step ahead.
De la Iglesia has built a career on genre films that don't quite behave — this is one of his most controlled, with the comedy and the menace locked in constant tension rather than taking turns. Nobody in the building is likeable, and that is precisely the point. Stream Common Wealth (2000) online on iFILM.
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