Short film
El Trapiche
2020 · 10 min
A quiet, dreamlike short that drifts between family conversation and waking reverie, leaving a lingering sense of weariness and fragile hope.
- Directed by
- Lorena Best Urday
- Genres
- Animation
- Starring
- Victor Luperdi, Juan Marín, Piero Muchotrigo
- Tagline
- Based on a story by José Watanabe.
- Overview
- At night, a mother, a father, and two children converse and dream about ways to free themselves from the trapiche, a machine and a tool of work that seems to come to life during their daily routines.
- How it feels
- Melancholic, earnest, eerie and warm. Slow-burning and needs your attention.
- About
- Work, family, isolation, freedom
- Content
- Mild violence. No gore, sexual content or swearing.
- Note
- Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown
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- Directed by
- Lorena Best Urday
- Genres
- Animation
- Starring
- Victor Luperdi, Juan Marín, Piero Muchotrigo