¿A quién ha salido? Cortometraje español de Jose Fuentefria
2019 · 6m · España
Directed by Jose Fuentefría
Tones: darkly comic, tense
At a fertility clinic that has never mixed up its genetic material, Eugenia and Mauricio insist that the baby they have been given is not theirs, despite the doctors' denials.
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A fertility clinic with a perfect safety record becomes the setting for paranoia that might actually be justified—it's the kind of premise that makes you sit up because it refuses the easy answer. Six minutes of taut Spanish genre play that treats an absurd scenario with complete seriousness, and pulls it off.
Fuentefría orchestrates a deliberately claustrophobic chamber piece that recalls the Spanish thriller tradition while maintaining formal restraint; the tension builds through what is *not* shown rather than genre spectacle, a choice that demands precision editing and tonal control.
The film's master stroke is the extended close-up on the parents' faces in moments of doubt—that micro-hesitation before they recommit to their accusation—which reframes the entire premise from certainty into genuine psychological crisis, transforming what could be a gimmick into something deeply unsettling.