El fantasma de mi mujer

'El fantasma de mi mujer' is a Spanish black comedy directed by María Ripoll, a filmmaker known for her ability to combine lightness, irony, and romantic entanglements. On this occasion, Ripoll constructs a story that mixes the absurd with the supernatural to explore guilt, desire, and second chances from a comedic and delirious perspective.

The plot follows Fernando, played by Javier Rey, an apparently ordinary man whose life takes an unexpected turn when his lover, Julia, portrayed by María Hervás, confesses that she has accidentally run over his wife María. Gripped by panic and trying to protect himself, Fernando improvises an alibi and claims that his wife has left him. However, what seemed like a simple cover-up transforms into a comedic nightmare when he begins to receive calls and signals that seem to come from María herself. The wife, played by Loreto Mauleón, thus becomes a disturbing presence that oscillates between memory, guilt, and the real possibility of a return from the beyond.

As the story progresses, Fernando finds himself trapped in a spiral of increasingly absurd situations, where the boundary between the real and the imagined blurs. The film plays with the rhythm of classic entanglements, incorporating unexpected twists and a biting humor that questions honesty in relationships and the weight of impulsive decisions. 

• Comedy