Nova
2013 · 1h 0m · España
Directed by Ezequiel Romero, Bruno Teixidor
Tones: contemplative, surreal
In a science-fiction tale, two protagonists face whether anyone is worth losing everything for, as two separate storylines move towards an encounter.
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Two timelines slouching toward each other in a sci-fi framework that refuses to explain itself—sure, it's contemplative and surreal, but it's also playing it safe within the arthouse-genre marriage everyone's already made a dozen times over.
Romero and Teixidor construct a deliberate formal architecture where the dual narratives' inevitability carries the weight of classical tragedy; the surreal tone and measured pacing suggest filmmakers acutely aware of how sci-fi can anchor metaphysical questions about sacrifice.
The twinned storyline structure itself is the crucial choice here—by holding two paths in parallel suspension until convergence, the directors create a specific kind of tension that a linear approach would flatten, and that decision alone justifies the full hour.