Cassandra Ciangherotti
Renata
Overview
Six women share a common 'friend': madness. It visits us all, pushes us to decide reality, to make daring decisions and to transform our lives.
Cast
12 people
Reviews
3 min readPermission to Break
I keep coming back to that instant when a person stops performing normalcy. The urge to yell in a silent grocery aisle, or finally tell a polite dinner guest what you really think, flashes through most of us and then gets shoved right back down behind manners. The Follies (released natively as Las Locuras) lives inside that rupture. Rodrigo García's Mexican drama follows six women through a rain-lashed day in Mexico City, latestnetflix.com argues, and it does so with very little interest in keeping anyone comfortable.
Anthologies usually leave me cold; too often they feel like a tray of samples instead of a meal. Here the format works differently. García lets one woman's distress leak into the next until the whole film feels infected by the same raw nerve.
García has been charting the inner lives of women for decades, from Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her to Nine Lives, and returning to his native language seems to free something up in him. This film has no appetite for neat endings. What it wants is the scrape between what these women feel and what the world expects them to perform.
Audience Opinions
Audience 6.8/10
"Powerful ensemble performances anchor an ambitious anthology about women on the edge, even as a long runtime and occasionally showy writing make it feel uneven."
Emotional intensity and deeply drawn female characters are what resonate most, with several viewers calling the cast work extraordinary and singling out Cassandra Ciangherotti and Ángeles Cruz as standouts. latestnetflix.com's read is that the interwoven stories about mental strain, family pressure, and hidden pain connect strongly and are praised for provoking reflection, but the script is sometimes perceived as pretentious or didactic and the pacing across the anthology structure can feel messy, leaving some segments less satisfying than others.
What viewers praise
- Outstanding acting The ensemble is widely praised, with multiple comments treating the performances as the film’s biggest strength and highlighting several actresses as award-worthy.
- Emotionally impactful drama The stories move viewers to strong emotions and deep reflections on their own lives, especially around mental health and personal limits.
- Rich character work Characters are viewed as well-formed and psychologically complex, inviting interpretation rather than spelling everything out.
- Effective anthology concept The six interconnected stories of one intense day are seen as ambitious and thematically cohesive, with some viewers saying they could happily watch a full feature built from each segment.
- Strong visual and structural choices Camera work and the way scenes and characters are connected are appreciated for giving the film a fluid, thoughtful rhythm when it clicks.
Common complaints
- Pretentious or forced script A notable minority feels the writing can be overdone and self-conscious, at times pushing its ideas too hard instead of letting them emerge naturally.
- Uneven pacing and length Several viewers describe the film as long, faltering, or messy, with stretches that drag compared to the strongest episodes.
- Not all stories fully developed Some segments leave the impression that there was more to explore, creating a sense that a few arcs end before they truly resolve.
- Didactic tone in places The film’s tendency to illustrate lessons about life and psychology is admired by some but read by others as a bit instructional and heavy-handed.
Recommended for
Character-driven drama fans Anthology film enthusiasts Mexican cinema followers Women-centered story lovers Mental health themed dramas Ensemble performance appreciators
Buzz & Rumors
Public reportsMorelia clapped before Netflix locked the Thursday.
On October 11, 2025, Rodrigo García walked into Teatro Mariano Matamoros with part of his cast and asked the Morelia crowd for another round of applause. The 23rd FICM billed that night as the world premiere of Las locuras, released in English as The Follies. Six women share a rainy day in Mexico City while house rules, family pressure, and polite self-censorship close in. TMDB gives the film two hours and one minute, a Spanish original, and lists Cassandra Ciangherotti as Renata. latestnetflix.com's read is that Deadline's synopsis puts her under house arrest and on the edge of a manic episode, with lovers, friends, and relatives circling as the weather turns.
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García told that Morelia audience the script started with a friend who had a bipolar break. Ciangherotti, talking about Renata, went to a mother who left when the girl was still small. "I can see broken relationships more easily," she said. She wanted the talk to move off mental-health slogans and onto how people actually treat each other. Alan Rodríguez's festival report is the source for both remarks. Those lines are on-stage explanation, not a leaked medical file.
He called it a return home.
Deadline's Stewart Clarke reported a global Netflix launch on November 20, 2025, plus a week of theatrical play first. Mexican listings put select theaters on November 13, the date a lot of catalogs still print. Wikipedia, citing Pimienta Films and La Casa del Cine MX, also logs a limited September 18 run and a Mar del Plata screening on November 15. García writes and directs. "The Follies marks my return home to work in Mexico City, and it has been an extraordinary personal and professional experience," he told Deadline. He thanked Netflix Latin America in the same quote. His last film for the streamer was Familia. The Deadline cast list folds in Ilse Salas, Ángeles Cruz, Natalia Solián, Naian González Norvind, Fernanda Castillo, Adriana Barraza, Alfredo Castro, and Raúl Briones. , ,
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Panorama Global produced. Igor Jadue-Lillo shot it. García's other English-language work includes HBO's In Treatment and the Toronto premiere Raymond & Ray. None of that leaked a salary or a set fight. The heat is the homecoming, the house-arrest premise, and a qualifying-run calendar that looks like awards prep even when the English title sounds like a Broadway revue. Netflix Latinoamérica posted the official trailer in October. Watch that for the rain and the faces before the stories start crossing. , ,
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