Mayordomo

The scouts

A robot vacuum as documentary subject in a gentrified Spanish city—it's absurd enough to work, and Dorao commits to the bit without winking, which is exactly when satire gets teeth. Most scouts would've dismissed this as a joke; that's precisely why it matters.

The premise courts whimsy but risks collapsing into mere novelty; what saves it is Dorao's restraint in form—the interview structure, deadpan and observational, situates this within a lineage of essay films and mock-documentary that demands formal discipline to land.

The entire film pivots on one decision: treating the vacuum's 'testimony' as earnest rather than cute, which forces the gentrification satire to do actual work instead of just gesturing. That tonal commitment—sustained across three minutes with minimal resources—is what elevates it from premise to film.