The Other Way Around movie storyline. Ale (Itsaso Arana) and Alex (Vito Sanz) are a couple in the process of getting divorced after spending 15 years together: They know each other inside out and still share the same bed. From its very beginning, The Other Way Around invites you into their affectionate routines, which now have to be reformulated – who makes the coffee, who works in the living room, splitting the English tutorial they used to share – without an ounce of animosity between them.
It’s not that Trueba imagines divorce as smooth sailing or an abstraction that just holds the plot together. Ale and Alex, whose twinned names suggest they are more enmeshed than the film lets on, see their separation as a mutual decision and one for the best. But what they decide to do resembles the unconventional practice of “conscious uncoupling”, where two partners work towards an amicable separation, with one exception. Two are planning a big divorce party: in size and formality, it resembles a wedding, but in a way, it’s just the opposite. One should celebrate break-ups, they say, perhaps even more so than the beginning of a marriage.
The Other Way Around (Spanish: Volveréis; titled Septembre sans attendre for the French market) is a 2024 Spanish-French comedy film directed by Jonás Trueba, who also wrote it in tandem with stars Itsaso Arana and Vito Sanz.
The film had its world premiere in the Directors’ Fortnight sidebar section of the 77th Cannes Film Festival on May 20, 2024. It also made it to the competitive slate of the 38th Cabourg Film Festival. Distributed by Elastica, it is scheduled to be released theatrically in Spain on August 30, 2024.
Arizona Distribution was released the film in France on August 28, 2024. The film also sold to Italy (Wanted Cinema) Germany (Piffl Medien), Austria (Panda Lichtspiele Filmverleih), Benelux (Vedette), Portugal (Leopardo), Greece (Rosebud), Poland (New Horizons), China (Hugoeast), the Baltics (Kino Pavasaris), ex-Yugoslavia (Discovery), and Indonesia (PT Falcon).
The Other Way Around (2024)
Volveréis
Directed by: Jonás Trueba
Starring: Itsaso Arana, Vito Sanz, Fernando Trueba, Jon Viar
Screenplay by: Jonás Trueba, Itsaso Arana, Vito Sanz
Cinematography by: Santiago Racaj
Film Editing by: Marta Velasco
Costume Design by: Laura Renau
Art Direction by: Miguel Ángel Rebollo
Music by: Iman Amar, Ana Valladares, Guillermo Briales
MPAA Rating: None.
Distributed by: Elastica (Spain), Arizona Distribution (France)
Release Date: May 20, 2024 (Cannes), August 28, 2024 (France), August 30, 2024 (Spain)
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