Javier Gutierrez (Marshland) leads this Spanish thriller as Javier Munoz, an out-of-work advertising executive who can't even rely on the old boys' network to get a job.
Emasculated by his unemployment, Javier reaches breaking point when he is forced, along with his wife and teenage son, to give up his prized apartment in the nice part of town. Javier can't let go of his former abode and begins observing the new occupants, a young well-to-do couple with a small child.
Things take a turn when he begins secretly entering the apartment with a spare set of keys, then escalate further when he ingratiates himself into the young couple's world by joining the husband's AA meetings under false pretences.
The bones of the story, and its emphasis on downward mobility and material - especially architectural - wealth, initially can't help but recall Best Picture winner Parasite, but this ultimately feels more in line with the Yuppies In Peril lifestyle thrillers of the 1990s.
