Homecoming's a bitch when your brother's the baggage you can't unpack.
Cristina returns to her hometown Cuernavaca after a seven year absence. The bittersweet reunion with her brother Mauricio unravels old and tragic memories. Cristina, determined to heal their relationship, collapses its fragile stability.
Acting
Alexander-Katz carries decades of unspoken history in every glance.
Cinematography
Cuernavaca's lush decay becomes a character of its own.
Direction
Tobar lets silence do the screaming.
Director
Marcelo Tobar
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Cuernavaca's nickname as 'City of Eternal Spring' becomes bitterly ironic here — the film weaponizes that beauty against its characters.
Tobar reportedly shot the siblings' scenes in chronological order, letting the actors' real exhaustion mirror the characters' unraveling.
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