Solas

Galiana's quietly monumental performance is one for the ages.

Unsparing and uplifting - a wickedly difficult combination to pull off, but one that gives the film an emotional weight that's impossible to dismiss.

As a tactfully quiet story of mother-daughter estrangement and psychic rescue, Solas can hardly fail to excite the longing so many of us have to right domestic wrongs.

Digs deep into the roots of female fortitude.

Splendidly acted, sensitively directed.

A lovely, intelligent film from Spain about recognizable human beings with real-life problems.

Fernandez is excellent as the maladjusted daughter, but the film's heart and soul is embodied in Galina's noble, understated performance.