Cenizas

A quiet, ash-choked chamber piece where unspoken grievances hang in the air, demanding patience as it slowly reveals emotional fault lines.

Directed by

Juan Sebastián Jácome

Genres

Drama

Starring

Samanta Caicedo, Diego Naranjo, Juana Estrella

Overview

As Cotopaxi spews ash, issuing an eerie penumbra over Quito, a young woman confronts dormant familial conflicts. Desperate for a place to store her things as volcanic disaster looms, Caridad turns to her long-estranged father Galo for help. Galo abandoned Caridad’s mother long ago and is eager to make amends, but questions concerning the nature of his transgressions linger, straining communication between father and daughter and casting grave doubts over the possibility of reconciliation.

How it feels

Melancholic, tense, eerie and earnest. Slow-burning and demanding.

About

Family, isolation, guilt, redemption

Content

Mild language. No violence, gore or sexual content.

Note

Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown

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