A widower hires a kid to erase his marriage, one memory at a time.
In an effort to forget his dead wife, an old man drowning in his memories decides, with the help of a young scavenger, to get rid of all the items of the home he formed with her.
Cinematography
Cracked earth and empty streets that breathe loneliness.
Acting
Dávila's silence weighs more than dialogue ever could.
Direction
Sarmiento Schultz lets emptiness do the talking.
Director
Oscar Sarmiento Schultz
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Mexican 'pueblos fantasmas' (ghost towns) from rural flight form the perfect metaphor for lives emptied of purpose. The desert doesn't just surround these men—it mirrors them.
The scavenger economy becomes beautiful here: Carlos literally survives by collecting what others discard, making him the only person equipped to handle another's grief.
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