Like a modern-day rendition of the classic ‘Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner’ set in 21st-century Santo Domingo, this co-production between Spain and the Dominican Republic focuses on a teenage girl from a white, bourgeois family. As she prepares for her fifteenth birthday party, she meets a boyfriend online and doesn’t know how to explain to her parents that he is black. A devastating satire of a society built on hypocrisy and lies, this film competed in the festivals of Karlovy Vary, Havana, Sao Paulo, and Huelva, where it won the Golden Columbus prize.
A quiet middle class world of good intentions begins to crumble when fourteen-year-old Miriam meets her internet boyfriend. While her family and friends prepare for her a traditional fifteen birthday party, Miriam doesn’t know how to explain that her boyfriend is black.