On the Go

Lingering in the last years of her youth, Milagros fumbles on the brink of motherhood while twenty-something Jonathan escapes loneliness into the depths of Grindr. The friends hit the road in a 1967 Corvair with a cursed mermaid as their navigator. The dusty sands of southern Spain reveal the outlines of the past and future as the trio speeds through a gasoline-scented liminal space.

Directors de Castro and Royo paint a queer and delirious landscape, where friendship feels stronger than postmodern rootlessness and highway patrols. On the Go surrenders to lust and imagination with a boisterousness reminiscent of Pedro Almodóvar's early work.

So, stretch your legs on the dashboard, light a cigarette, and savor the magical-realism-infused scent of burnt rubber.

Saarlotta Halme