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La sorpresa

2021 · 8 min

A tense family gathering where a birthday party becomes a pressure cooker of secrets and old wounds.

Directed by: Antonieta Diaz, Emilia Rodríguez-Cano
Genres: Drama
Starring: Catalina González, María Olga Matte, Isabella Báez

Overview: Antonia is celebrating her daughter Colomba’s birthday at her sister Angélica’s house when she hears that her father is on his way there. Antonia tries to avoid it, attempting to convince her sister to uninvite him due to a lawsuit against the man, yet Angélica insists on defending him. Between candles, candy, gift bags, and a piñata; Antonia ends up confessing a secret that she’d been keeping for years.

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Directed by: Antonieta Diaz, Emilia Rodríguez-Cano
Genres: Drama
Starring: Catalina González, María Olga Matte, Isabella Báez

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Tone: tensestrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: family
betrayal
guilt
trauma
deception
Places: home
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex none

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Action	0
Horror	0
Humour	2
Realism	8
Romance	0
Tension	6
Darkness	5
Complexity	4
Emotional weight	7

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Genres: drama
Directed by: Antonieta Diaz, Emilia Rodríguez-Cano
Written by: Antonieta Diaz, Emilia Rodríguez-Cano
Starring: Catalina González, María Olga Matte, Isabella Báez, Rodolfo Barbosa
Cinematography: Emilia Martín
Runtime: 8 min
Country: Chile
Languages: Spanish

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