Short film

Hábitos

2008 · 21 min

A quiet, human-scale short that drifts through exhaustion toward a tentative second chance, asking you to sit with a man rethinking his life.

Directed by: Germán del Pozo
Genres: Drama
Starring: Roberto Galarza Leyes, Soledad Hernández, Sergio Cangiano

Overview: Jorge works all day as a gasman. That exhausting routine gives him a heart attack. Interned, he meets a nurse and considers a new way of life that will radically change his habits.

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Directed by: Germán del Pozo
Genres: Drama
Starring: Roberto Galarza Leyes, Soledad Hernández, Sergio Cangiano

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Tone: melancholicstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
warmstrength 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: work
identity
healing
isolation
love
Places: hospital
big city
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex mild

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Action	1
Horror	1
Humour	2
Realism	8
Romance	4
Tension	3
Darkness	4
Complexity	4
Emotional weight	6

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Genres: drama
Directed by: Germán del Pozo
Written by: Luciano Urrejola, Germán del Pozo
Starring: Roberto Galarza Leyes, Soledad Hernández, Sergio Cangiano, Juan Carlos Chardola, Hugo Peruzzi
Cinematography: Luciano Urrejola
Runtime: 21 min
Country: Argentina
Languages: Spanish

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