Guiadvisor
2020 · 19m · España
Directed by Álvaro Ortega
Genres: comedy, coming-of-age
Rejected by the town's tour agency, Tomás starts his own with his sister's support. After weeks without clients, a young couple finally books a tour of the village.
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A self-help tourism startup comedy sounds like LinkedIn cringe, but Ortega mines something genuinely strange from the gap between Tomás's enthusiasm and the village's indifference—it's almost deadpan in how it refuses the feel-good redemption arc you'd expect.
The film demonstrates restraint in its formal construction, letting the awkwardness of the first client encounter breathe through measured pacing and natural ensemble dynamics that recall the observational tone of contemporary Spanish cinema.
What makes this work is the decision to keep the camera patient during the tour itself—rather than cutting away from the mundane rhythms of Tomás's pitch, the film trusts those moments to carry both the comedy and the character's quiet dignity, turning a premise that could be sitcom fodder into something genuinely tender.