Bird Box Barcelona

***Bird Box Barcelona*** is a Spanish film released on July 14, 2023 by Netflix. It serves as a spin-off sequel to the 2018 film *Bird Box*, which was adapted from Josh Malerman's 2014 novel of the same name.

## Synopsis

*A mysterious force decimates humanity, a new threat grows in this Barcelona-set story that expands the blockbuster film "Bird Box."*

## Plot

In an apocalyptic world, Barcelona and the rest of the world is changed forever after the arrival of entities which have started chaos all over. When Sebastián heard the news, he was able to get to his daughter Anna but lost his wife in a car accident.

Trying to escape, Sebastián and Anna found refuge in a church and met Padre Esteban, who belived that the arrival of the entities was a sign from God, which he had believed in due to his faith, but claims that he prefers seeing to believing blindly. He also believes that humanity should be liberated from suffering by embracing death.

Padre Esteban soon became a seer and forced people to look at the creatures the same way that he did, leading a group of other seers. One day, Sebastián and Anna tried to hide for some time, but Padre Esteban soon found their hiding place and captured them. He forced Anna to open her eyes, killing her. Sebastián then faced the entities, but instead of death he saw the apparition of Anna, which has accompanied him ever since. Anna tells him that he can join his family there when he has "saved" enough people on Earth.

Nine months later, Sebastián and his daughter Anna, who live in Barcelona travel together to and start to roller skate in a skating rink. However, they try to leave when they hear noises. Telling his daughter to be quiet, they both run, but are hit unexpectedly by a group of blind people, who beat Sebastián and take his supplies. Sebastián attempts to hit back, but Anna tells him not to.

After leaving the skating rink, Sebastián encounters a group of survivors, and claims he knows the location of generators that can provide light and heating, telling his daughter to wait for him so he could find out if they could trust the group of people. Sebastían joins the others in their shelter inside a bus hangar. The next morning, with everyone asleep inside a bus, Sebastián locks himself in the driver's seat and is caught telling himself that everyone of the people sleeping in the bus would be free. Subsequently, Sebastián starts to drive it around the station until he makes it outside and crashes it. Everyone is left without blindfolds; and since they are injured Sebastián is able to slowly lead each one to open their eyes, and upon witnessing the entities they commit suicide, which makes Sebastián see a light go up to the sky. Sebastián is revealed to be a seer, and is thus unaffected. Anna congratulates Sebastián on having "saved" the people, urging him to find the other "lost sheep".

After hearing his daughter's words, Sebastián kept walking and eventually encountered another group led by Rafa. Others in the group included Octavio, a Mexican deliveryman with expertise in physics; Roberto and Isabel, a couple; Claire, an English psychiatrist; and Sofia, a young German girl separated from her mother. Octavio theorized that the entities are quantum beings that perceive humans' fear and grief. Sofia shared information about Montjuïc Castle, believed to be a safe refuge which can be reached by a gondola lift and also a place where her mother was. Trying to find Sofia's mother and also find a place where they could be safe, the group eventually decided to go through with the plan.

Upon starting their journey to Montjuïc, Sebastián altered his dog leashes with his knife, causing chaos and leading Rafa to his death, while the remainder of the group took shelter.

Once they were in shelter, Sebastian led Octavio to his death, but soon became worried because when the latter saw the entities and commited suicide, Sebastián did not see the light he usually saw when people died. When he saw this, he worried that he was killing them and not actually saving them, but the entities used Anna to keep him devoted to them.

Roberto and Isabel lost their lives too, while Claire started to suspect that Sebastián is a seer and shields Sofia from him. However, Sebastián had started to resist Anna's influence a while back, seeing Sofia and remembering what Anna was really like when she was still alive. He vowed that to protect Claire and Sofia, saying that he would help them reach safety while Padre Esteban and his followers found the trio.

Sebastián helped Claire and Sofia get to the gondola lift, then fought Padre until they both killed each other, but Sebastían died smiling.

Claire and Sofia entered Montjuïc, which had now been converted to a secret camp, where Sofia reunited with her mother. Claire underwent blood tests by scientists who were trying to develop an antibody that can provide immunity against the entities' influence.

## Cast

* Mario Casas as Sebastián
* Alejandra Howard as Anna
* Georgina Campbell as Claire
* Naila Schuberth as Sofia
* Diego Calva as Octavio
* Leonardo Sbaraglia as Padre Esteban
* Lola Dueña as Isabel
* Patrick Criado as Rafa
* Gonzalo de Castro as Roberto