Summer beckons promisingly by the pool, where La Maestra and Paula are training intensively to be selected for a championship. Even when they’re not doing laps, the best friends are found spending their time together by going plane-spotting, waiting for a solar eclipse or colourfully chalking the sidewalks of Mexico City. Their friendship however transforms when Paula becomes the victim of sexual violence at a party. In her impressive debut film, Mexican filmmaker Fernanda Tovar focuses on La Maestra’s gentle but clumsy attempts to help Paula deal with her trauma. Tovar emphasises the colour in her characters’ lives and, despite the darkness, has them bathing in a sea of light.