El casamiento
2016 · 26m · España
Directed by Sergio Rey, Víctor Quintero
Genres: comedy, family, LGBTQ+
Tones: darkly comic, humorous, tender
Today is the most important day for Suso and Ricard: after several years together they are getting married. Ricard comes from a Catalan family of old lineage and Suso from a humble Manchegan one. Everyone is delighted with the match — except that Suso's grandmother Adela, present at the banquet, does not know that what is really being celebrated is her little grandson's wedding.
Picked by Zoe
The scouts
The premise feels almost too neat—queer wedding comedy where grandma doesn't know—but the real subversion is that it *commits* to the tenderness underneath the joke, refusing the easy cruelty other films would milk from that setup.
A formally assured comedy that understands its debts to Spanish ensemble tradition while carving out genuine emotional specificity; the tonal balance between humor and genuine affection for Adela suggests filmmakers aware of both their lineage and their own voice.
The entire film hinges on a single sustained performance choice—how Adela's unknowing presence recalibrates every moment—and that restraint, that refusal to play it broadly, is what transforms a solid premise into something that actually lands.