A 20-minute identity crisis where your worst critic is literally you.
Carlos is a writer who is staying in an old hotel, looking for inspiration for his next story. However, he falls prey to a creative block that pits him against himself, and leads him to struggle to discern between the real and the imaginary.
Acting
Meléndez carries multiple versions of himself with manic precision.
Direction
De La Reguera packs a feature's worth of visual ideas into 20 minutes.
Director
Francisco De La Reguera
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
De La Reguera shot this in a functioning Mexico City hotel during off-hours, explaining the authentic decay.
The film channels Mexican surrealist tradition—think Buñuel by way of anxiety TikTok.
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