Dancing on Glass (Spanish: Las niñas de cristal, lit. 'Glass Girls') is a 2022 Spanish drama film directed by Jota Linares which stars María Pedraza and Paula Losada.
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Plot
The plot follows the friendship developed between two ballerinas dancing for a ballet company, as the two deal with work pressure and others' expectations.
Production
The screenplay was also penned by the director Jota Linares alongside Jorge Naranjo. Produced by Federation Spain (a newly-born Spanish subsidiary of Federation Entertainment), the film began shooting in Madrid on 8 February 2021. Shooting wrapped by April 2021.
Release
The film was presented on 25 March 2022 in the main competition of the 25th Málaga Film Festival. It debuted on Netflix streaming on 8 April 2022.
Reception
Javier Ocaña of El País assessed that Dancing on Glass, featuring a "commendable physical and artistic work by Pedraza, and a formidable solidity in Martínez and Baglivi", is a "more than appreciable third film by a director still in his beginnings who, perhaps, has been overwhelmed by ambition in an excessively bizarre denouement".