Mirages have been reported along the Spanish coast. A young French woman travels to San Sebastián to observe these visual aberrations. There, she meets a mysterious Portuguese woman who tells her a story from her youth: of obsession, and a gaze that can turn the world inside out.
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Francisca Alarcão
Also in
Entrecampos
The Luminous Life
Maria Novo
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Fuck the Polis
o
Constance Rousseau
Known for
Simon Killer
A World Without Women
Rita Azevedo Gomes
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O Construtor de Anjos
D. Jaime or the Portuguese Night
Jan Baeta Salvany
Asier Armental
Matías Tolchinsky
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Massa Mãe
Clara Alvarez-Emparanza
Bingham Bryant Director · Francisca Alarcão Screenplay Maria Novo Screenplay
First release July 8, 2026 · Produced in Portugal · Languages French, Portuguese, Spanish
Production
Terratreme Filmes
Production
Endymion Pro
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Portugal
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Original title
El espejismo
Original language
Portuguese
Spoken on screen
French · Portuguese · Spanish
Release dates
France · July 8, 2026
Premiere · FIDMarseille
No release date listed for United States.
France
November 17, 2026 · Premiere · Entrevues Belfort
Germany
October 13, 2026 · Premiere · Underdox
Portugal
October 25, 2026 · Premiere · doclisboa
November 22, 2026 · Premiere · Porto/Post/Doc
Spain
October 30, 2026 · Premiere · Seminci
United Kingdom
December 4, 2026 · Limited theatrical
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