Reset
2016 · 14m · España
Directed by Antonio Machado, Luisje Moyano
Genres: drama, mystery, thriller
Tones: contemplative, surreal, tense
A man finds by chance a VHS tape someone has left for him, triggering a series of events in which he must confront himself to reach the end.
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The VHS-as-McGuffin premise is basically a 2010s indie cliché at this point, but the surreal tonal shift and the self-confrontation angle suggest they're aware enough to subvert the nostalgia trap—if they stick the landing, it's genuinely unsettling.
A formally composed mystery-thriller that locates itself squarely in the lineage of psychological realism and found-footage tension; the craftsmanship will live or die by editorial pacing and how deliberately they've constructed the tape's revelation.
What matters here is the decision to make the confrontation internal rather than external—the sound design around that VHS playback, the specific editing rhythm that closes the loop between viewer and protagonist—that's where they either nail the singularity or lose it entirely.