Octopus Skin

Octopus Skin (2026) is a drama film directed by Ana Cristina Barragán.

Iris and Ariel are 17-year-old twins, who live with their mother and older sister in an old house in the middle of a rocky island covered with molluscs and birds. The teenagers have grown up isolated from the mainland, in a sibling relationship that surpasses the limits of normal intimacy. The abrupt absence of their mother deeply wounds the three siblings, and Iris, moved by a strong need of separating herself from her brother, decides to go alone to the city for the first time.

Cast

Isadora Chávez

Iris

Juan Francisco Vinueza

Ariel

Hazel Powell

Lía

Cristina Marchán

Mother

Paulet Arévalo

Nina

Carlos Quinto Cedeño

Padre