Soy tú
2019 · 30m · España
Directed by Joan Cutrina
Tones: contemplative, mythic
A mother's problems with her son and husband mirror her own unresolved relationship with her father, until a sage of the invisible guides her to heal the wounds of present and past.
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A generational trauma narrative guided by a mystical father figure—it's earnest in exactly the way that makes contrarians wince, trading subversion for spiritual uplift when it could've gotten weird.
Cutrina's layering of domestic realism with mythic intervention traces a careful lineage back to magical realist cinema; the formal restraint in how the invisible realm enters the frame suggests a director conscious of her tradition and precise in her handling of it.
The decision to keep the 'sage' largely off-screen, letting his presence live in sound design and the mother's physical response rather than visual revelation, does the heavy lifting that a 30-minute runtime would've otherwise squandered on exposition.