The Cuckoo's Curse

The Cuckoo's Curse (Spanish: El cuco) is a 2023 supernatural thriller film directed by Mar Targarona from a screenplay by Alfred Pérez-Fargas and Robert Danès, and starring Belén Cuesta, Rainer Reiners, Jorge Suquet, and Hildegard Schroedter. It was internationally co-produced by Spain and Germany. The plot revolves around a swap of houses between a Spanish couple (Cuesta and Suquet) waiting for their first child and a couple of old-age Germans (Schroedter and Reiners). The Cuckoo's Curse premiered at 26th Málaga Film Festival on 17 March 2023 and was released theatrically in Spain by Filmax on 15 September 2023.