Smurf Movie
2017 · 4m · España
Directed by Carmen Carrillo
Genres: dark comedy, thriller
Tones: absurdist, darkly comic
Confusing words in another language can bring unpleasant consequences. This is precisely what happens to Paco when he is commissioned to make a 'snuff movie'.
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A premise built on linguistic mishap spiraling into existential dread—the kind of deadpan absurdist logic that makes you wince and laugh at the same time, precisely because it refuses to signal which mode you're supposed to be in.
Carrillo deploys a deceptively simple conceit with formal precision, but the film's reliance on wordplay and tonal ambiguity feels more like a sketch than a considered work of cinema—clever setup without the structural rigor that would make it linger.
The commitment to playing the miscommunication completely straight, never winking at the audience or over-explaining the horror, is what makes the absurdity actually land—it's a single tonal choice that transforms what could've been a gimmick into something genuinely unsettling.