Universos
2009 · 30m · España
Directed by José Corbacho, Juan Cruz
Genres: experimental, fantasy, sci-fi
Tones: contemplative, surreal
A man performs hypnosis experiments believing that parallel universes can be accessed through the sessions; each session takes the protagonist to live a different reality in an absolutely new universe.
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The scouts
Hypnosis as a multiverse access point—genuinely weird science-fantasy that doesn't apologize for the absurdity. Most scouts see 'experimental' and think arthouse pretension; this just commits to the bit and lets the surrealism do the heavy lifting.
The film's structure mirrors classical avant-garde cinema's play with narrative fragmentation, though it risks subordinating formal precision to conceptual novelty—the editing could be more decisive about whether we're meant to feel disoriented or entranced.
The decision to stay with the hypnotist's steady, almost clinical demeanor across wildly shifting universes is what keeps this grounded; without that anchoring performance choice, the premise collapses into pure spectacle.