A view of the end-of-the-century Mexican family. A father who comes back home after a long absence, but who would rather be somewhere else. A daughter suffering from a trapped pain. A son full of guilt and recriminations. A little kid who soaks up all the tension in the house, like a sponge, and a self-effacing mother who would like to go away and leave everything behind.
Acting
María Rojo's silences hit harder than any dialogue.
Direction
Cann traps you in that kitchen, no escape.
Writing
Breakfast as battlefield — every glance loaded.
Director
Benjamín Cann
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Part of the 'New Mexican Cinema' wave that rejected melodrama for raw domestic realism — this was Cann's thesis film expanded to feature length.
The breakfast structure mirrors Greek tragedy: compressed time, off-screen violence (the father's mysterious 'business'), and a chorus in the form of the observing son.
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