Few films capture the awkwardness of a young adulthood spent with no funds, no fun, and no love better than Pereda's Together, which follows three housemates dealing with an apartment from hell. The couple Gabino and Luisa share a flat with their friend Francisco, their youth going to waste in an eternal battle with a faulty plumbing line. Here, three's company, but two's a crowd: alone, Gabino and Luisa have little to say to each other, and all the time in the world not to say it. A Tsai Ming-liang-like deadpan urban comedy where silence, not conversation, speaks volumes about relationships, Together says more about contemporary romance (or the end of it) than most slacker rom-coms, and with about a tenth of the words. Taking out the genre's typical clichés and nonsensical build-ups, Pereda instead focuses on the everyday aspects of relationships and friendships. “Together is a film that seeks to evoke feelings and desires,” notes Pereda, “by emphasizing moments of the everyday.”