In the City
Why this pick
Like Fiction, it observes educated friends and lovers with a light, intimate touch, letting awkward conversations and small emotional shifts carry the drama.
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SIMILAR PICKS / A PERSONAL CONNECTION
Why this pick
Like Fiction, it observes educated friends and lovers with a light, intimate touch, letting awkward conversations and small emotional shifts carry the drama.
Why this pick
Another sharply written Cesc Gay chamber piece: relationship uncertainty, masculine vulnerability, and dry humour unfold through seemingly casual encounters rather than plot machinery.
Why this pick
It shares Fiction’s unforced naturalism and affection for conversation, using a brief reunion to find warmth, wit, and melancholy in everyday companionship.
Why this pick
A close, contemporary Catalan relationship study whose lived-in performances and patient attention to changing intimacy suit Fiction’s quietly observant emotional register.
Why this pick
A languid summer wander through conversations, chance meetings, and reflective solitude—well suited to Fiction’s literary, open-ended rhythm and sensitivity to small moments.
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01 / THE STORY
Alex, a filmmaker, tries to finish his latest script in a quiet village. There he encounters and befriends Monica, that is visiting his neighbor there.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME

Àlex

Santi
Mònica
Judith
Sílvia
Andrea
Violeta
Pau