Interglúteo
2021 · 7m · España
Directed by Pilar Calvo
Genres: drama, LGBTQ+, romance
Tones: contemplative, provocative, tender
Mari invites her best friend to spend the weekend 'alone' at her estate on the outskirts of Madrid; Mari confesses that her lover Pedro sends her signals in bed to put her finger in his intergluteal fold, but she does not dare to do it, while her friend, still in love with her, tries to disguise it but jealousy overwhelms her.
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Most films would bury this premise in shame or metaphor; Calvo just names it, owns it, and suddenly you're watching genuine intimacy negotiation wrapped in jealousy and desire—the kind of specific, unsettling truth that makes every other romance short look like it's playing it safe.
Calvo's restraint in the mise-en-scène and editing serves the film's tender opacity; there's a formal sophistication here in what remains unspoken, positioning *Interglúteo* within a lineage of European intimate cinema that trusts the viewer to sit with discomfort and ambiguity.
The film's entire architecture hinges on the friend's performance—that microsecond where jealousy flickers across her face while she's supposed to be listening—and Calvo holds on it just long enough that the whole triangle becomes legible without a word.