18 minutes. One dead father. A Texas funeral that'll wreck your whole week.
After receiving the unexpected news of his father Ernesto’s death, Ben Solis is forced to return to the Texas countryside he used to call home.
Acting
Adriana Barraza's silent devastation says everything.
Cinematography
Texas flatlands as emotional landscape, not backdrop.
Writing
Subtext so thick you could cut it with a knife.
Director
Victor M. Dueñas
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Victor M. Dueñas shot this in his actual hometown of Mercedes, Texas, casting local residents as extras in the funeral scene.
The film explores Mexican-American funeral traditions rarely seen on screen—the velorio, the food, the community that shows up even when blood family doesn't.
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