Trama

In Madrid, three young Latin American men-Samuel, Alejandro, and Diego-drift through their days clinging to an intoxicating macho energy and empty rituals, quietly masking a shared sense of displacement. Samuel has a girlfriend but remains emotionally absent, drawn toward distraction. Alejandro and Diego, both single, fill their time with idle talk and wandering, disconnected from their families back home. When they fixate on Magdalena, a quiet and enigmatic neighbor, their curiosity turns into a game-lingering near her building, timing their exits to match hers, shadowing her movements in hopes of a spark. Each becomes convinced he is the one she will notice, and their camaraderie slowly curdles into rivalry. As the chance of seducing her fades, the chase becomes less about her and more about proving something they can't name. They spiral into chaotic nights, strange encounters, and fleeting brushes with other outsiders that briefly pierce their posturing but leave no lasting mark. Around them, the lesser-seen Madrid hums on-filled with old bar owners, peculiar neighbors, and resilient strangers whose grounded energy they can't match. An experienced, chaotic, oddly wise taxi driver, battling his own demons, offers them the closest thing to clarity they'll hear. Whether it will change them is another question entirely. A portrait of men pretending not to break while already broken, it is a story of youth, alienation, and the noise we make to avoid hearing ourselves.

In Madrid, three young Latin American men-Samuel, Alejandro, and Diego-drift through their days clinging to an intoxicating macho energy and empty rituals, masking a quiet, shared despair. Samuel has a girlfriend but seems absent from it, emotionally distant and drawn to distraction. Alejandro and Diego, both single, fill their time with idle talk and boredom, disconnected from their families back home. When their attention fixates on Magdalena-a quiet, enigmatic neighbor unknown to them-they become obsessed. What begins as bored curiosity turns into a game. They hatch a plan to "accidentally" cross her path: lingering near her building, timing their exits to match hers, shadowing her movements in hopes of a spark. Each believes he's the one she'll notice. Their camaraderie quietly mutates into rivalry. As the possibility of seducing her grows more distant, their egos fray. The chase becomes less about Magdalena and more about outshining one another-about proving something, even they can't say what. They spiral into strange encounters, one chaotic party, a night that blurs together and never seems to end, and conversations that make progressively evident their distress. Fleeting brushes with others-immigrants, outcasts, strangers-briefly pierce their posturing, but nothing sticks. Around them, the lesser-seen Madrid hums on, worn-in, filled with old people, noisy bar owners, and peculiar neighbors with a kind of special, hard-earned spark-resilient, grounded, magnetic-they can't quite match or understand. An experienced, chaotic, oddly wise taxi driver, dealing with similar demons, offers the only real insight they're given-but whether they'll hear it is another question entirely. This is a portrait of men pretending not to break while already broken. A story of youth, alienation, and the noise we make to avoid hearing ourselves.