Fundido a negro
2012 · 1m · España
Directed by Miquel Casals
Genres: dark comedy, fantasy, romance
Tones: darkly comic, surreal, whimsical
Talented screenwriter Santi, stuck writing simple stereotyped scripts, meets aspiring actress Lucía the night before a deadline and finds his muse, just as television announces a zombie apocalypse in the city.
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A screenwriter finding his muse *while* the apocalypse unfolds isn't just a collision of genres—it's a refusal to choose between them, and Casals commits to that anarchic collision for a full minute without flinching or winking at the audience.
The economy of form is admirable, though the tonal premise sits uneasily between rom-com and genre satire; it reads more as a proof-of-concept than a fully integrated vision, however efficiently executed.
The decision to keep the zombie apocalypse as ambient radio chatter rather than visual spectacle lets the intimate, awkward chemistry between Santi and Lucía breathe—that constraint transforms what could've been a cluttered gimmick into genuine tone.