Au Revoir, Mon Amour!
2017 · 8m
Directed by Mik J. López
Genres: crime, drama, thriller
After robbing a bank, María and Rodrigo flee to a remote hideout; she dreams of Paris, but he has very different plans she will not like.
Picked by Zoe
The scouts
Bank heist setup, Paris dreams, betrayal twist—sounds like every crime thriller focus group ever made; López wraps it all in competence but doesn't find the weird angle that would make me actually care.
A tautly constructed genre piece with clear debts to the Spanish noir tradition; the formal control is evident, though it settles into expected narrative beats rather than interrogating them.
The film's grip hinges entirely on López's decision to keep the hideout claustrophobic and acoustic—every silence, every footstep becomes weaponized—and that singular sound design choice transforms what could've been rote into something genuinely suffocating.