Happy 140

Felices 140 (Happy 140, 2015) is a Spanish drama-comedy by director Gracia Querejeta — watch it online on iFILM. As a woman nears her fortieth birthday, she gathers friends and family at her new holiday home. Nice place. Nice people. Things still unspool.

Maribel Verdú and Antonio de la Torre anchor an ensemble that runs entirely on tension-laced small talk. What the film is really about is what happens when people who've known each other for years finally run out of room to hide. Understated, a little melancholy, and better than its modest premise suggests. Stream Felices 140 online on iFILM.