En el cielo nos encontraremos
2021 · 11m · España
Directed by Nicolás Bernal
Genres: coming-of-age, drama, family
Tones: contemplative, tender
Based on the lives of teenagers who have a child at a very young age, this short follows the series of problems that begins for a young couple after their child is born.
Picked by Zoe
The scouts
It's a competent coming-of-age drama about teen parenthood—exactly the kind of well-meaning, expected story that festivals program in blocks. Nothing here fights back against what you already know this film will do.
Bernal situates himself in a lineage of Latin American social realism with formal restraint; the tender pacing respects both the weight of circumstance and the quiet dignity of his subjects, even if the thematic ground is somewhat well-trodden.
There's a clarity in how Bernal lets silence and domestic geography do the emotional work instead of dialogue—the way a hallway or a shared bed becomes the entire story—that suggests a filmmaker who knows exactly which small choice unlocks everything.