What if your deadbeat dad's final gift was a baby and a nervous breakdown?
Alba, a young woman, lives with her boyfriend in a small apartment. One morning she receives terrible news along with the few month-old baby Mía, who is dropped off in her life. Upon her arrival, Alba experiences a series of insecurities and fears that will cause her into a mental breakdown. After her father is dead, Alba is forced to take care of the baby he left, even though the baby represents imbalance in her life.
Direction
Tovar González squeezes feature-length dread into 15 suffocating minutes.
Acting
Castañedo's silent unraveling—her eyes do all the screaming.
Sound
The baby's cries become a psychological weapon, not background noise.
Director
Emmanuel Tovar González
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