No soy especial
2019 · 6m · España
Directed by Leticia Palacios
Tones: contemplative, darkly comic
Facing a job interview is routine, but the situation gets complicated when the candidate has something that does not fit within what is considered 'normal.'
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The interview-room setup feels like a trap for something conventional, but Palacios refuses the expected disability-inspiration arc—instead she lets the absurdity of 'normal' do the talking, which is genuinely bracing.
A formally economical piece that understands the job-interview genre as ritual; the constraint of the single location becomes a pressure chamber for examining what we call 'fit,' executed with deliberate tonal control.
The film's entire power hinges on one sustained performance choice—how the candidate's body and voice navigate the room without apology—and Palacios's decision to keep the camera steady and let that choice breathe is what makes six minutes feel like a reckoning.