17 minutes. One house. Four people hiding from Pinochet's shadow. What could go wrong?
Chile, 1974. A mother, her son, and a couple of men take refuge in a rural mansion, fleeing from a past marked by fear. The unexpected arrival of the brother-in-law, in search of his missing brother, shatters the fragile stability of the place. While tensions and isolation grow, the mother begins to destabilize, dragged by uncertainty and fear. The couple, faced with the risk, must make a decision that could change everything.
Acting
Paula Dinamarca's silent breakdowns say everything words legally couldn't in 1974 Chile.
Cinematography
Golden hour as weapon—sunlight that exposes instead of comforts.
Direction
Salas-Román packs a feature's worth of political paranoia into short film runtime.
Director
Fiora Salas-Román
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Shot during Chile's 50th anniversary of the 1973 coup, the film deliberately echoes real 'disappeared' histories that families still cannot legally discuss fully.
The mansion is Salas-Román's actual family home; her grandmother lived through this era and refused to visit set.
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