MLG 3 Delicias
2015 · 7m · España
Directed by José Alberto Matas, Myriam Mira, Víctor Ramón Rodríguez
Genres: comedy, documentary
Three young men from Málaga set out to make a documentary that begins with a curious question — whether anyone has ever seen a Chinese person at the beach — and follows whatever emerges from that premise.
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Three guys asking 'have you ever seen a Chinese person at the beach?' sounds like the setup for a punchline, but instead they just follow the absurd thread and let reality contradict itself—it's the kind of dumb-smart premise that only works if you're willing to look stupid in public, which they absolutely are.
The film's restraint in not resolving its own ridiculous question speaks to a documentary tradition that trusts observation over narrative closure, though the tonal balance between comedy and genuine inquiry occasionally wavers.
The whole film pivots on the decision to treat the question seriously rather than ironically—that single tonal choice is what separates this from being a two-minute sketch, and it's what makes the awkward silences and tangential conversations actually land.