Sé lo que quieras
2017 · 10m · España
Directed by Marisa Crespo, Moisés Romera
Tones: contemplative, tender
Do not believe what the news says; in this world, if one strives and fights, one can achieve their dreams, and Julissa, a young Colombian, has come to demonstrate it.
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The premise reads like inspirational-poster boilerplate—'believe in yourself, achieve your dreams'—which is exactly the kind of consensus sentiment Felix would normally eviscerate; but if there's something genuinely subversive buried in how Crespo and Romera actually execute it, that's where the real film lives.
A biographical portrait working in the tender-contemplative register suggests a film aware of its place in the lineage of intimate documentary-drama hybrids, though the challenge is whether the formal choices—editing rhythm, shot composition, sound design—rise to the level of considered craft that justifies the form.
Ten minutes with a young Colombian dreamer could be saccharine in the wrong hands, but the specificity of whatever formal or performance choice Crespo and Romera made—a cut that reframes expectation, a moment of silence instead of uplift, a single gesture—is what separates this from well-meaning platitude.