

Ten minutes. Four friends. One silence that screams louder than words ever could.
One evening, four friends share a dinner marked by awkward silences, forced jokes, and a tension that grows without being named. María Elena, seemingly distant, carries a truth that slowly begins to surface: a traumatic episode that everyone knows about but chooses to remain silent.
Acting
Valverde's silence hits harder than any monologue.
Direction
Chávez makes ten minutes feel like a lifetime.
Editing
Every cut lingers where others would look away.
Director
Luis Chávez
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Chávez draws from Latin American dinner-table cinema traditions where domestic spaces become political battlegrounds.
The 10-minute runtime mirrors real dinner-party endurance — how long politeness masks horror.