Sundays · reception & legacy
2025 · Alauda Ruiz de Azúa
How Sundays has been received, argued over, and remembered.
The arc
It went from San Sebastián favourite to Golden Shell winner (plus the FIPRESCI prize) in September 2025, then swept into the Goyas with 13 nominations and took Best Film — a festival darling that became Spain's consensus movie of the year within months.
What's debated
The fight is over what the film actually believes: Catholic viewers and secular viewers both claim it, and fans still argue whether it's a portrait of genuine faith or a study of indoctrination — a deliberate ambiguity people can't stop relitigating.
Its footprint
In Spain it escaped the arthouse entirely and reopened a national conversation about faith, family and religious vocation — op-eds, radio debates, dinner-table arguments — while pulling over 650,000 admissions, huge numbers for an auteur drama.
Where it stands
An instant entry in the modern Spanish canon — the 'you must have an opinion on this' Spanish film of 2025, and a fast-rising Letterboxd talking point beyond Spain.