14/10/2025 - Belén Cuesta, Javier Cámara and Berto Romero, who also co-writes, star in the Movistar Plus+ original about the end of the world, produced by Ikiru Films and El Terrat (The Mediapro Studio)

l-r: Director Javier Ruiz Caldera, and actors Berto Romero, Belén Cuesta and Javier Cámara on the set of Cinco minutos más (© Quim Vives)

Cinco minutos más tells the story of a couple in crisis who decide to spend a weekend as rural tourists in an isolated house in the countryside. There, they meet an agent who shows them around and hands over the keys. But before he leaves them alone, something extraordinary happens: the entire world falls into a time loop. The final five minutes repeat over and over, as if a record needle were skipping. This is the premise of the Movistar Plus+ original, written by and starring Berto Romero, which began shooting last week in Girona, directed by Javier Ruiz Caldera.

The film marks another collaboration between the filmmaker and the comedian, one of his regular partners, whom he has directed in the series The Other Side [+see also:
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Actors Javier Cámara (two-time Goya winner for Living Is Easy with Eyes Closed [+see also:
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The producers of Cinco minutos más are Edmon Roch for Ikiru Films, Laura Fernández Espeso, Berto Romero and Javier Méndez for El Terrat (The Mediapro Studio), as well as Guillermo Farré and Fran Araújo for Movistar Plus+. Clara Valle (El Terrat) serves as executive producer. International sales and Spanish distribution will be handled by Filmax.

(Translated from Spanish)