Cariño, me he follado a Bunbury
2016 · 3m · España
Directed by César F. Calvillo, Teresa Bellón
Genres: dark comedy, drama, romance
Tones: contemplative, darkly comic, provocative
César is an unconditional fan of Enrique Bunbury, but what happens when the person you admire most on the planet sleeps with the woman you love most? César will be torn between the pain of betrayal and the curiosity of feeling so close to his idol.
Picked by Felix
The scouts
A three-minute absurdist gut-punch that weaponizes celebrity worship against romantic jealousy and somehow makes both the betrayal and the devotion feel equally ridiculous and real—the kind of tonal high-wire act that makes other scouts nervous but shouldn't.
The film's formal restraint in depicting emotional extremity recalls a certain lineage of Spanish dark comedy, though it risks collapsing its thematic inquiry into the relationship between desire and fandom under the weight of its own provocation.
That final moment—the pause where César processes not the loss but the proximity—is achieved entirely through performance and the cut that holds just long enough; it's a masterclass in how restraint with an actor can do the work a monologue would ruin.