Déjame Ir
2025 · 3m · España
Directed by Hugo Trillo
Tones: melancholic, tender
In lockdown, Nerea is having a cheerful call with her partner Atenea — until Atenea reminds her of a bitter reality.
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Three minutes of two people on a video call should be unbearably flat, but Trillo's refusal to cut away or manufacture visual drama forces you to sit with the emotional gut-punch when it lands — that's the subversion here, not the premise itself.
A formally restrained exercise in tonal architecture; the film understands how to modulate intimacy and rupture within the locked frame of a video call, positioning itself thoughtfully within the post-pandemic intimacy cinema that emerged from lockdown.
The entire film hinges on the sound design choice to let Atenea's voice come through slightly compressed and tinny over video — it's that single technical decision that transforms what could be maudlin into something genuinely aching and specific.