Are all the holiday homes in Cadaqués the same?
Milena Busquets' book inspired 'This Too Shall Pass,' a film about the unbearable lightness of grieving on the Costa Brava.

- Directed by Maria Ripoll. Written by Maria Ripoll and Olga Iglesias, based on the novel by Milena Busquets.
- 96 minutes
- Spain (2025)
- With Marina Salas, Susi Sánchez and Carlos Cuevas
This will also happen, the film adaptation of the novel by Milena Busquets, focuses, like the literary original, on the grieving process of the protagonist, Blanca, after the death of her mother, a key figure in the construction of her identity. The character, played by Marina Salas (the most convincing of the proposal), is inspired by the author herself. Maria Ripoll's film aims to convey how a woman touched by death reconnects to life through sex, in the specific environment of privileged Barcelona residents who spend their summers in Cadaqués. In a sketchy way, This will also happen It hints at the underlying conflict of a more generational connection, that of the children of the misnamed Gauche Divine, whose parents turned their lives into a party to which neither fatherhood nor motherhood were invited. A handful of ideas that would crystallize in a specific tone, that of lightness as a style and mark of class, that lightness masked by those who believe they don't need to demonstrate how profound and well-read they are—it's already noted that we are dealing with someone who grew up "on the knees of Umberto Eco."
Despite its intentions, the film suffers from a monotonous tone and a banal superficiality seasoned with the constant pseudo-profound phrases hurled from the voiceover. This will also happen makes a difference with respect to House on fire, the other film about a summer house (the same house!) in Cadaqués. Whether convincing or not, Dani de la Orden's film is constructed with the aim of reaching an audience that can identify with the characters. This will also happen, on the other hand, speaks to us about privilege, not because of the protagonist's social status, clean of the Francoist elites who won the war, but because of the fact that she can allow herself to spout such a solipsistic tirade without anyone paying attention.