29 minutes of quiet devastation in a life that never left the kitchen.
Character study of a stay-at-home daughter, 1930s through the 1950s.
Direction
Colín compresses decades into glances and doorways.
Acting
Roel's face does what the script won't say.
Production
Period detail that traps, not transports.
Director
Juan Carlos Colín
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Part of Mexico's 1990s short film renaissance, when directors used brevity to critique post-Revolutionary gender ideals.
Colín allegedly based Mina on his own aunt; her name was changed, but the house in the film was hers.
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