Proyecto Tiempo. Parte II: La Cura
2017 · 18m · España
Directed by Isabel Coixet
Tones: contemplative, tender
In 2043, Pablo Andrade finds a cure for his mother Alma's brain condition. The discovery promises to change their family and the wider world.
Picked by Margot
The scouts
Coixet's doing the sci-fi-as-family-drama thing, which is fine, but it's more Hallmark Channel than subversive—the premise promises disruption and delivers tender contemplation instead, which honestly feels like the film hedging its bets.
Coixet's formal control is immaculate here; the way she uses temporal distance (2043, the speculative frame) to examine intimacy and mortality positions this firmly in the lineage of speculative cinema that privileges emotional archaeology over plot mechanics—a measured, deliberate choice that rewards sustained attention.
The film's real engine is how Coixet frames the cure itself as almost incidental, pivoting instead to the quiet decision of whether to use it; that tonal shift, the way she trusts actors to carry the weight rather than the premise, is what transforms a modest concept into something that lingers.