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2018 · 5m · España
Directed by Daniel Cortijo
Laura, a twenty-five-year-old moving into a new building, meets Roberto during the move; he falls for her and tries to ask her out, but every attempt is thwarted by a mishap.
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It's a perfectly pleasant rom-com about missed connections, which is exactly why it doesn't interest me—the premise does everything the genre expects and nothing weirder.
Cortijo demonstrates solid command of slapstick timing and visual gag construction, working within a well-established tradition of romantic comedy built on escalating physical obstacles.
The film's genius lives in its rhythm: each interruption lands harder than the last because Cortijo commits fully to letting one beat breathe before yanking it away—that restraint in editing is what transforms a simple premise into something that actually stings.