24 minutes of staring at someone who doesn't know you exist — and somehow it's devastating.
A lonesome public pool employee with a monotonous life falls in love with a girl who frequently comes to swim there, he starts to project in his mind an illusory relationship with her and the hope she can change his dark life.
Acting
Antivilo's silently crumbling Vladimir — masterclass in restraint.
Cinematography
Pool water as psychological landscape, gorgeous and suffocating.
Director
Luis Horta
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The 24-minute runtime mirrors Vladimir's contracted existence — too short to matter, too long to endure.
Part of a wave of Chilean short cinema examining masculine isolation through bodies in water. FREE
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