The Light We Left Behind
Réalisation Jose Ángel Ruiz Olivares;
Spain · 2026 · 16 min · Adolescence; Low budget; Youth; First love; Love; No violence;
Film soumis au RTV International Film Festival 2026Synopsis
Unai and Elena, childhood friends, meet again at high school and decide to run away one day. On a tram, forgotten memories and feelings resurface. What begins as a getaway becomes a journey toward what they were and still are.
À propos du film
Unai and Elena, two teenagers who were childhood friends but barely speak to each other now, meet in the hallways of high school. Unai suggests that Elena skip school and spend the day together. With no concrete plans, they decide to take the tram and get away from it all. During their journey, amid forgotten jokes, silences that once didn't exist, and nostalgic glances, memories return. Unai and Elena never forgot their old promise: when they were children, they stole some fireworks with the intention of launching them together, but they never managed to do so. Unai, with those same fireworks in his backpack, suggests, once again, fulfilling the promise they once made. The idea of launching them becomes the impetus for the journey that guides them to a distant beach where neither of them has been before: "Paradís" beach. The journey becomes a mini-odyssey: they miss the train, run out of money, get lost in the city, and end up pedaling at night to the beach. Exhausted, they make it to the beach just as the sun is rising. With the water lapping at their feet, Unai confesses that he's leaving silent that very afternoon and that he needed to spend one last day with her. Elena, for her part, admits that she's always been in love with him, even though she's now in a relationship. They both know they can't change what's coming, but they've managed to make this day, from now on, eternal. After saying goodbye, Elena sets off the fireworks as the train carrying Unai pulls away. Through the window, he sees her for the last time.
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