A 10-minute descent into Mexican folk horror that'll haunt you longer than most blockbusters.
Susana, a 10-year-old girl, lives with her father in a cabin located in the mountains of Veracruz, in the middle of a threatening tranquility. When Susanna finds and falls into an old well, she will discover a dark and heartbreaking secret about her family. She will no longer be the same.
Cinematography
Veracruz mountains shot like they're hiding something hungry.
Acting
Victoria Vara Mendoza carries horror in her stillness.
Sound
The well has its own voice. You'll remember it.
Director
Andrés Hernández Covarrubias
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Veracruz's La Huasteca region carries centuries of Indigenous and Afro-Mexican spiritual traditions around water as both life-giver and portal to the dead.
The 15-minute runtime mirrors Susana's breath-holding in the well—every second of compression matters. Director Hernández Covarrubias has called it 'a short film about a long falling.'
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