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Mom's Corpse

2021 · 30 min

A quiet, heavy chamber piece that sits with grief and family strain while the world quietly falls apart outside.

Directed by
Adrián Borges
Genres
Drama
Starring
Luis Sebastián Borges, Pedro Juan Colón, Mariangelie Vélez
Tagline
In a pre-apocalyptic era, these siblings wait for authorities to collect their mothers body.
Overview
As the world faces a pre-apocalyptic era and Luisito and his two siblings find themselves with the difficult and traumatic situation of having their lifeless mother in the middle of the room. In turn, the world faces hundreds of thousands of deaths that cause the morgues to be at their maximum capacity, preventing the authorities from coming to collect the body. With the help of his two siblings, whose relationship has been breaking down over the years, they decide to transport the body to a safer and more dignified place.

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Directed by
Adrián Borges
Genres
Drama
Starring
Luis Sebastián Borges, Pedro Juan Colón, Mariangelie Vélez
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Tone
    Pacing
    slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • grief
    • death
    • family
    • isolation
    • survival
    Places
    • home
    Era
    near-future
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    None
    Content intensity
    • Gore mild
    • Language mild
    • Violence mild
    • Sex none
    All scales, 0 to 10
    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action1
    Horror4
    Humour1
    Realism8
    Romance0
    Tension6
    Darkness8
    Complexity6
    Emotional weight9

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    Genres
    drama
    Directed by
    Adrián Borges
    Written by
    Christian M. Kelly, Adrián Borges
    Starring
    Luis Sebastián Borges, Pedro Juan Colón, Mariangelie Vélez, Solimar Arzola
    Cinematography
    Sara Umpierre
    Runtime
    30 min
    Languages
    Spanish

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