Tengo algo que decirte
2009 · 8m
Directed by Ana Torres-Álvarez
Genres: comedy, LGBTQ+, romance
Susana is Pablo's girlfriend, but Pablo has just realised he is gay and in love with Javi, his best friend — who, in turn, is secretly dating Susana. How will they let each other know, how will they react, and how will all this end?
Picked by Zoe
The scouts
A love triangle where everyone's on a different wavelength sounds like sitcom fodder, but Torres-Álvarez refuses the easy punchline—she lets the awkwardness breathe, and suddenly you're watching three people fumble toward honesty instead of a setup for cheap laughs.
The film sits comfortably in a lineage of Spanish romantic comedies that prize emotional clarity over plot mechanics, with a formal restraint that trusts the audience to track three simultaneous revelations without melodrama.
The genius move is the structure itself—watching all three characters orbit the same confession moment from different angles, never quite meeting until they do, creates this elegant tension that a bigger budget would've buried under montages and soundtrack cues.