Tin & Tina

In the early 1980s in Spain,[1] Lola, a pregnant woman, marries Adolfo, the man who presumingly got her pregnant. During their wedding, Lola suffers a miscarriage and is told she cannot have children again, plunging her into depression. Adolfo talks Lola into adopting children from the convent orphanage nearby, and the two end up adopting Tin and Tina, albino twins of an older age than the couple originally planned to adopt. The twins share a gift for music and particularly strong religious beliefs that somewhat unnerve Lola.[2][3][4] Although Adolfo and Lola are not religious, they pretend to be to make the twins happy. However, soon enough, the twins' odd religious beliefs begin to disturb Lola as they play disturbing biblical games that are practically lethal, and after Lola's dog bites her they kill it to 'cleanse its soul' without realizing it won't come back to life afterward. When the twins receive their first communion, a classmate of theirs who bullied them falls into a coma, and Lola suspects that the twins were behind it. Lola eventually learns that the boy is dead, however Adolfo refuses to believe her and does not seem too worried about the twins' behavior.

Lola faints on New Year's Eve and finds out that she is pregnant, much to her shock and horror. The twins become overexcited about having a little sibling, and Lola grows more distant from them. After Tin and Tina tie Lola up and attempt to inject her with a potentially poison-filled syringe to 'feed the baby', Lola raises a knife to defend herself, much to the shock of Adolfo; her water breaks at that time, and after Lola gives birth the twins share enthusiastically that they want the baby to be baptized. When Lola refuses, the children nearly drown the baby by trying to baptize him themselves, and Adolfo burns their Bible. Lola and Adolfo's relationship begins to fall apart after Tin and Tina are sent back to the convent, and after Lola questions whether they should be married or not a house fire ensues, burning Adolfo to death, and Lola loses her baby in the chaos. Suspecting the children are involved, Lola attempts to speak to God by nearly killing herself and then finds her baby, after which she runs from the burning house.

Lola wakes up in a hospital and is visited by the head of the convent from where she adopted Tin and Tina. The head tells her that her husband passed away and that he was struck by lightning. She informs Lola that she and her baby survived, which was a miracle. Lola enquires about the children's whereabouts during that night and learns they were at the convent all night supposedly. The head assures her that the children have always been innocent and Lola believes her. The film ends with Lola at her husband's funeral, having adopted Tin and Tina again.

Footage was shot in the cloister of the monastery of San Isidoro del Campo in Santiponce.[6]

Tin & Tina is the feature film adaptation of the 2013 short film of the same name directed by Rubin Stein.[7] Featuring Olmo Figueredo González-Quevedo as producer, the film was produced by La Claqueta PC and Tin&Tina La Película AIE alongside Miami Film Gate and Andarams Films, with the participation of Canal Sur Radio y Televisión and Netflix, support from ICAA and A.A.II.CC., and the collaboration of Latido Films.[7][4]

Shooting began on 27 July 2021.[2] It wrapped after 7 weeks, by September 2021.[8] Shot in the province of Seville, shooting locations included the Hacienda San Felipe in Gerena and the Monastery of San Isidoro del Campo in Santiponce.[1][8]

Filmax secured the film's domestic distribution in Spain.[3] The film was scheduled to receive a pre-screening at Bilbao's FANT festival on 23 March 2023.[9] It had a tentative theatrical release date in Spain set for 24 March 2023.[10] Its release was pushed forward to 31 March 2023.[11]

On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 50% of eight critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 6.10/10.[12]

• List of Spanish films of 2023

• Tin&Tina at ICAA's Catálogo de Cinespañol
• Tin & Tina at IMDb