This Too Shall Pass (Spanish: También esto pasará) is a 2025 drama film directed by Maria Ripoll based on novel by Milena Busquets. It stars Marina Salas. It is a Spanish-Italian co-production.
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Plot
Blanca follows a wanton lifestyle. After the death of her mother, she returns to her childhood home in Cadaqués to deal with grief.
Production
The film is based on the novel También esto pasará (2015) by Milena Busquets, dealing with the author's own experience around the death of her mother Esther Tusquets.
It is a Spanish-Italian co-production of Morena Films, Evafilms, La Gauche Divine AIE alongside Rosamont with the participation of RTVE, 3Cat and Amazon Prime Video. Shooting locations in Catalonia included Cadaqués and Barcelona.
Release
This Too Shall Pass screened in a non-competitive slot of the 28th Málaga Film Festival on 15 March 2025.
Distributed by A Contracorriente Films, it is scheduled to be released theatrically in Spain on 9 May 2025.
Reception
Andrea G. Bermejo of Cinemanía brought attention to performance of Salas, writing that she "brings a depth and precious truth to her character".
Javier Ocaña lamented the result to be "a self-satisfied trifle, generally elegant and occasionally mordant, but vacuous at the end of the day" and compared it unfavourably to the "formidable" book by Busquets.
Laura Pérez of Fotogramas rated the film 3 out of 5 stars, singling out Salas' performance as the best thing about the film.