Colapso
About the Film
Inside Puerto Rico’s most opulent shopping mall, a sudden, unexplained power failure traps a group of strangers within a gilded cage. Initially, it feels like a minor inconvenience—an atmospheric disruption softened by designer storefronts and the silent assumption that order will be restored. But as hours stretch into days and no help arrives, the mall’s polished surfaces become suffocating. There is no signal. The exits are sealed. The rules of civilization begin to dissolve.
Jorge, a recently divorced father desperate to reach his daughter, struggles to maintain a sense of normalcy as the social fabric frays. Resource scarcity breeds suspicion, and latent hostilities surface—between classes, between strangers, and between those clinging to hope and those embracing the void.
Colapso is a haunting study of moral erosion under controlled collapse. As psychological pressure mounts, modernity’s comforts transform into a quiet form of violence, proving that civility is more fragile than the glass displays surrounding them. Told with stark visual precision, the film is a formally daring survival drama set within the ruins of a still-functioning illusion. It is not merely a vision of the end; it is a visceral portrait of a world falling apart from the inside out.
Director: Joel Pérez Irizarry
Producers: Lizaida Rivera, Lauri Vega, Mitzie Molini
Puerto Rico // 2025 // Thriller, Drama, Comedy // Los Features
88 minutes
About the Filmmaker
Born in San Juan, Joel Pérez Irizarry developed his visual language photographing Old San Juan's streets before studying at London Film School under Mike Leigh. His literature background and influences from Caribbean cinema—particularly Tomás Gutiérrez Alea (Titón)—and Latin American directors like Lucrecia Martel shaped his award-winning shorts "Sheepdog" and "Tokío." Part of Puerto Rico's emerging cinema movement, he has dedicated his career to authentic storytelling. He is also CEO of Young Collective, one of Puerto Ricos leading production companies.
