Camilo is a 10-year-old boy who has a conscience that is too awake, serene and transcendent for his age. He lives in the midst of amusing and dangerous chaos, of a family of characters deeply affected by the tremendous impossibility of developing normally in the world, in our current society. Through their eyes we will see how each one, consciously or unconsciously, inevitably constructing their own destiny.
Acting
Child lead carries impossible emotional weight with unsettling calm.
Direction
Rafecas frames domestic tragedy like slow-motion car crashes.
Director
Diego Rafecas
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Part of Argentina's 2000s 'new cinema' wave examining middle-class collapse post-economic crisis. The 'too-conscious child' reflects national disillusionment.
Sofía Gala Castiglione (Lucía) is daughter of legendary director Lita Stantic; the film's casting echoes its themes of inherited dysfunction.
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