After
2023 · 4m · España
Directed by Carlos Peris
Genres: comedy, coming-of-age
Tones: absurdist, contemplative
Carlos enjoys an astonishing imagination that allows him to come up with the answer to any situation, but he also suffers the inability to react in time; in his attempt to cut his response time, he will discover that this is not his only problem.
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The conceit—a guy with all the answers but no reflexes—could've been a tired think-piece, but Peris twists it into something genuinely unhinged, letting the absurdist logic actually *break* the premise by the end instead of just riffing on it.
There's a careful escalation here that sits somewhere between Tati's physical comedy and contemporary absurdism, the editing rhythm playing the gap between imagination and action as a formal problem rather than just a gag.
That sound design choice—the slight delay, the almost-there responses playing out in real time—is doing all the heavy lifting; it's what transforms a four-minute concept into something that actually *feels* like watching someone's nervous system betray them.