Director: Irene Iborra Rizo
Olivia and the Invisible Earthquake is a 2025 animated drama-comedy from Argentina, Belgium, Spain, and France, directed by Irene Iborra Rizo. Running 70 minutes, it follows a twelve-year-old girl who must hold her fractured family together after sudden homelessness uproots everything she has ever known.
What is Olivia and the Invisible Earthquake about?
Twelve-year-old Olivia belongs to an ordinary middle-class family — until eviction forces her mother, younger brother, and her into a cramped squatted apartment at the city's edge. The neighborhood is rough and unfamiliar. When her mother sinks into depression under the weight of their circumstances, Olivia quietly steps into a role far larger than her years: cooking, comforting her little brother, and shielding the household from further collapse. Inside, she carries an emotional tremor she cannot name — the invisible earthquake of the title. Yet the move also opens unexpected doors. New friendships in this overlooked corner of the city offer Olivia fresh lenses through which she begins to see her own story differently, discovering that the shape of a life is less about what happens than about the stance we choose to take toward it.
Cast & crew
Director Irene Iborra Rizo brings a considered, humane touch to this co-production spanning four countries. No lead actors are listed in the production credits available, with the animation's emotional weight carried through Rizo's direction and the carefully crafted visual storytelling that lets Olivia's inner life speak across language and cultural boundaries.
Context & significance
Animated features that treat childhood hardship with honesty rather than sentimentality hold a particular resonance for diaspora audiences — families who know displacement, economic upheaval, and the quiet heroism of children who grow up faster than they should. Olivia and the Invisible Earthquake, co-produced across four countries, speaks that universal language. For Persian-speaking viewers abroad, its themes of holding family together in an unfamiliar place, of mothers who struggle and children who compensate, will feel deeply familiar. The film is available on K-Time in Persian dub, making it accessible to younger viewers in the household as well as parents who prefer to watch with their children without the barrier of subtitles.
Where & how to watch
Olivia and the Invisible Earthquake is available on K-Time with Persian dub. Stream it on your web browser, TV, or phone with no VPN required and no geo-blocking. Subscribers can watch anytime and cancel anytime — no extra downloads needed.