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A 67-minute gut punch about grief that weighs more than most 3-hour epics.
TMDB
80

Plastic (2015)

intimatehauntingunflinching

Overview

Ana and Leo, are marked since childhood by a sudden event: the suicide of their father. Separately, they take life as they can, without removing the feeling that anything can become as disposable as plastic.

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Content warning
intergenerational traumaemotional disposabilitysibling estrangementthe weight of absence

Standout Aspects

Acting

Álvarez Rebeil and Ríos build entire histories in silence.

Direction

Soto's fragmented timeline mirrors memory's refusal to linearity.

Cinematography

Mexico City becomes a character of hollow modernity.

Best for:Solo: Late night when you're ready to feel something uncomfortable.·Streaming: Small screen intimacy, pause to breathe when needed.·Rewatch: Second viewing hits different once you know the structure.
Heads up:Emotional: Opens with suicide and never lets you forget it.·Triggers: Parental death, emotional neglect, brief self-harm imagery.
R

Director

Ricardo Soto

ReleasedJul 23, 2015
Runtime1h 7m
StatusReleased

Vibe

Paceslow
Intensitymedium
Tonedark
Feelheavy
Centro de Capacitación Cinematográfica (CCC)

Top Cast

Fernando Álvarez Rebeil

Fernando Álvarez Rebeil

Florencia Ríos

Florencia Ríos

Diana Lein

Diana Lein

Gustavo Sánchez Parra

Gustavo Sánchez Parra

José Sefami

José Sefami

Khristian Clausen

Khristian Clausen

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Deep Dive

Trivia, insights & behind the scenes

Cultural

Part of Mexico's 'new wave' of intimate family dramas, rarely distributed outside festival circuits.

Insight

The 67-minute runtime was deliberate—Soto wanted audiences to feel the story ended too soon, like the father's life.

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