Despite Everything

Despite Everything (Spanish: A pesar de todo) is a 2019 Spanish comedy film directed by Gabriela Tagliavini and starring Blanca Suárez, Macarena García, Amaia Salamanca, and Belén Cuesta .^[1] The film premiered at the Málaga Film Festival on 16 March 2019,^[2][3] and released on Netflix on 3 May 2019, becoming the most-watched Spanish Netflix original film of that year.^[4][5]

Despite Everything
Release poster
Spanish	A pesar de todo
Directed by	Gabriela Tagliavini
Screenplay by	Eric Charles Wilkinson Eugene Rhee Helen Rhee Teresa Fernández-Valdés Gabriela Tagliavini
Story by	Eric Charles Wilkinson Eugene Rhee Helen Rhee
Produced by	Eugene Rhee Helen Rhee Eric Charles Wilkinson Teresa Fernández-Valdés Ramón Campos
Starring	Blanca Suárez Macarena García Amaia Salamanca Belén Cuesta
Cinematography	Kiko de la Rica
Edited by	José Manuel Jiménez
Music by	Joaquim Badia
Production companies	Bambú Producciones Cinephile Pictures
Distributed by	Netflix
Release dates	16 March 2019 (2019-03-16) (Málaga) 3 May 2019 (2019-05-03) (Netflix)
Running time	78 minutes
Country	Spain
Language	Spanish

Plot

Before the reading of their mother's will, four estranged sisters find out that the man they've known as their father is not and each one has a different father. Their mother, Carmen, left a video testament in which she reveals her secret, and as a last wish and condition of receiving their inheritance tells her daughters to find their biological fathers, providing only the names of her former lovers. However, if one of them chooses not to do so, the inheritance is forfeited for all.

The siblings live separate lives and are opposites of each other. Sara is an accomplished magazine editor in New York City; Lucia, the youngest, is a discontented nonconformist engaging in sexual escapades; Sofía is an artist and lesbian with commitment issues; and Claudia is conservative, hiding that her husband left her and coping with it by popping pills and drinking wine excessively. Compelled to tolerate each other, the four embark on a road trip to procure DNA samples of the men, discover their fathers, and claim their inheritance.

Cast

• Blanca Suárez as Sara
• Macarena García as Lucia
• Amaia Salamanca as Sofía
• Belén Cuesta as Claudia
• Maxi Iglesias as Alejandro
• Juan Diego as Pedro Domínguez
• Tito Valverde as Victor
• Emilio Gutiérrez Caba as Padre Díaz
• Carlos Bardem as Pablo
• Joaquín Climent as Notario
• Teresa Rabal as Madre Alejandro
• Rossy de Palma as Inés
• Marisa Paredes as Carmen