Short film

Intermittent

2020 · 13 min

A quiet, tender morning that blurs memory and present, leaving a soft ache of family love and loss.

Directed by: Javier Ortiz Medina
Genres: Drama
Starring: Jorge Castillo, Alfonsina Molinari, Christopher Acosta

Overview: This short film tells the story of a former university professor diagnosed with early onset Alzheimer's. The protagonist wakes up at dawn and begins the morning routine he used to follow during his time as a professor. Later, his wife and son discover him and try to bring him back to present time. In that early morning, the past and the present coexist. Revisiting these wounds, leads the Rivera Dávila family to accept the past, assume the present and heal those diseases that do not concern memory, but the heart.

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Directed by: Javier Ortiz Medina
Genres: Drama
Starring: Jorge Castillo, Alfonsina Molinari, Christopher Acosta

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Tone: melancholicstrength 2 of 3
warmstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: memory
family
aging
grief
healing
Places: home
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex none

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Action	1
Horror	1
Humour	1
Realism	8
Romance	3
Tension	4
Darkness	5
Complexity	5
Emotional weight	8

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Genres: drama
Directed by: Javier Ortiz Medina
Written by: Javier Ortiz Medina
Starring: Jorge Castillo, Alfonsina Molinari, Christopher Acosta
Cinematography: Yelitza Cátala
Runtime: 13 min
Country: Puerto Rico
Languages: Spanish

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