''Ego'' is a 2021 Spanish psychological horror thriller film directed by Alfonso Cortés-Cavanillas which stars María Pedraza.

Plot

It is set during the

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. Paloma begins to use an app to date same sex people to have some fun. She finds out there is a profile of another girl identical to her, seemingly intending to replacing her.

Cast

Production

Produced by La Caña Films, the film was written by Jorge Navarro de Lemus and directed by Alfonso Cortés-Cavanillas. Pedro Vendrell Martínez was responsible for the cinematography.

Release

The film was screened at the

Brooklyn Horror Film Festival Brooklyn Horror Film Festival is an annual film festival in Brooklyn, New York. It was founded in 2016. With the 2020 edition of the festival cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States, it was one of the partners in the Nightstre ...

held in October 2021. Distributed by Begin Again Films, it was theatrically released in Spain on 1 December 2021.

Awards and nominations

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References

External links

''Ego''
at ICAA's ''Catálogo de Cinespañol'' * {{IMDb title, 14987308 2020s psychological horror films 2021 films Films about the COVID-19 pandemic Films set in the 2020s Spanish horror films 2020s Spanish-language films 2020s Spanish films Spanish psychological thriller films 2021 psychological thriller films