

14 minutes of buried secrets and a mind unearthing itself.
After the discovery of some human bones at a site, Adela and Javier, a couple of archaeologists with years of experience, have to live with the first signs of Javier's dementia and a new discovery, which like an echo, seems to resonate more and more in their daily life.
Acting
Trujillo and Adeva pack decades of marriage into 14 minutes.
Direction
Paredes treats dementia like archaeology—gentle, deliberate, devastating.
Director
Luis Paredes
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Spanish short cinema has been quietly revolutionizing grief narratives—this follows the lineage of Rodrigo Sorogoyen's 'Madre' in its economy of emotion.
Consuelo Trujillo is primarily a theatre actress; this was her first on-screen role in over a decade, discovered by Paredes at a Madrid staging of 'La casa de Bernarda Alba'.