Short film

María

2019 · 12 min

A quiet, heavy short that sits with grief and duty, pressing down like humid air after a storm.

Overview: Set against the devastation of a recent hurricane, a young woman’s mental health is pushed to the edge when she returns home to care for her suicidal father.
How it feels: Melancholic, bleak, tense and earnest. Slow-burning and needs your attention.
About: Family, grief, trauma, isolation
Content: Mild language. No violence, gore or sexual content.
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Tone: bleakstrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 3 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: family
grief
trauma
isolation
survival
Places: home
countryside
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex none