Una noche en el Endeavour
2018 · 14m · España
Directed by Dita Segura, Rakesh B. Narwani
Genres: coming-of-age, drama
Tones: contemplative, melancholic
Andrés finished university years ago but, despite a good CV and real talent, has not found a job; still living at his family's home, he spends his nights lethargic on the sofa, watching television or listening to records.
Picked by Zoe
The scouts
Post-university malaise dressed up as drama—it's the safe choice, the film everyone nods at knowingly before moving on. Segura and Narwani needed to break the premise in half to make it dangerous; instead they've made it comfortable.
A formally restrained study of stasis that positions itself squarely in the lineage of European domestic cinema—the measured pacing and sofa-bound framing recall early Haneke, though without quite the philosophical pressure beneath the surface.
The specificity lives in the sound design: the way records skip and TV static become a character's interior weather, a production choice that transforms aimlessness from theme into texture—that's what makes the modest 14 minutes breathe.