This is Not a Comedy

Gabriel, a stand-up comedian, rejects the invitation to take an intergalactic journey because the opportunity of becoming a father pops up. Even though he is broke, his stand-up career doesn’t seem to take off and his energies are focused into an ambitious script about the first human on Mars. He knows his place is on Earth. With that in mind, he decides to give his life a radical change, gets a job he doesn’t enjoy at all and exposes himself to the criticism of a prestigious film director. In every decision he makes, the failure and disillusion orbits his life, making him wonder what is his real place in the universe.

Gabriel, un comediante de stand up, rechaza la invitación de hacer un viaje intergaláctico pues se le ha presentado la oportunidad de ser padre. Aunque sus finanzas se desmoronan, su carrera de comediante no despega y sus energías se concentran en un ambicioso guion sobre la llegada del primer humano a Marte. Sabe que su lugar está en la Tierra. Por ello, con tal de darle a su vida un cambio radical, acepta un trabajo que no termina de gustarle y se expone a la crítica de un prestigioso director de cine. En cada una de sus decisiones, el fracaso y la desilusión orbitan su vida, haciendo que se cuestione su verdadero lugar en el universo.