Lunch is served — with a side of secrets, bruises, and perfect performance.
Sara and David are expecting a visit: her new bosses are coming to have lunch at the house. While Sara is getting ready, David gets angry for a trivial detail and ends up abusing her. He beats and humiliates her, and this does not is not the first time. After this episode of violence, Sara must deal with social commitment. The image they both created to hide the reality will also be severely tested.
Acting
Nerea Barros masters the trembling mask of composure.
Direction
Lambarri's lunch-table tension is unbearably precise.
Editing
22 minutes that expand and contract like trauma itself.
Director
Ana Lambarri
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Spanish short film circuit has become a powerhouse for unflinching gender violence narratives; #36 won multiple festival prizes for refusing to look away from the aftermath.
Nerea Barros and Fran Cantos improvised the pre-lunch argument in one take; Lambarri used it.
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