Caro
2025 · 3m · España
Directed by Iker Basurto
Genres: crime, drama, thriller
Tones: contemplative, dark, tense
They say destiny never forgives and charges dearly those who acted without thinking of the consequences; a fight, a gun, and too many deaths cross paths in a story where fate settles its accounts in the most unexpected way.
Picked by Zoe
The scouts
The premise reads like every crime-thriller reject from a dozen festivals—fate, guns, consequences, destiny settling accounts—but I'd need to see if Basurto's actually subverting the thing or just executing it with competence.
Three minutes is punishing territory for philosophical weight, and the tagline suggests a film reaching for *Rashomon*-style inevitability; if the editing and structure actually earn that pretension, there's something rigorous here.
In 180 seconds with a crime-heavy premise, the entire film lives or dies on one directorial choice—whether it's the moment the gun appears, how the camera holds on a face, or the cut that reframes what we thought we understood—and that's where Basurto either makes it singular or lets it dissolve.