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The Wave (2025)

129 min · Spanish · musical film

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Directors

Sebastián Lelio

Cast

Daniela López, Lola Bravo, Paulina Cortes, Avril Aurora

During campus protests against harassment and abuse, music student Julia is haunted by an unresolved, confusing encounter with her singing teacher’s assistant.

The story

Campus occupations and rallies mark a wave of change, and Julia, a music student, joins the cause to speak out against long-standing harassment and abuse. As she sings and dances along with the chants, an unresolved episode continues to haunt her: a confusing encounter with Max, her singing teacher’s assistant. Julia is left wondering what happened that night—whether it was simply a date, whether she said yes, or whether it was something much worse. Her own uncertainty persists as she takes part in the collective movement on campus.

Full plot (contains spoilers)

Waves of change erupt on campus, and among those taking part in the occupations and rallies is Julia, a music student who joins the cause to speak out against the harassment and abuse they have endured for far too long. But as she sings and dances to the chants, an unresolved episode haunts her: a confusing encounter with Max, her singing teacher’s assistant. What happened that night? Was it just another date? Did she say yes? Or was it something much worse? Swept up in the collective euphoria and haunted by her own ghosts, Julia becomes the heart of the movement. Her intimate and complex testimony becomes a wave that pushes, shakes, and unsettles a polarized society.

Genres

musical film

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