Short film

The Wedding Bangles

2026 · 15 min

A quiet, uneasy coming-of-age portrait that lingers on family friction and the ache of leaving childhood behind.

Overview: Argentina, 1967. On her fifteenth birthday, María mourns the end of her childhood while glimpsing an unfulfilling future as a middle-class woman. Tension escalates when her older cousin Bárbara pushes her to the breaking point.
How it feels: Melancholic, tense, earnest and warm. Measured and needs your attention.
About: Coming-of-age, family, identity, gender
Content: Mild sexual content and language. No violence or gore.
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Tone: melancholicstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
warmstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: coming-of-age
family
identity
gender
class
Places: single country house
Era: period
Audience: teen
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex mild