Short film

Desencuentro

2022 · 11 min

A quiet, sorrowful short that lingers on shared cinema memories and the ache of sudden loss, unfolding across decades with restrained grief.

Tagline: What else happens between flags and boots?
Overview: Antonia and Genaro, two young people who meet in a Santa Fe neighborhood movie theater in 1978, share movies every week until she is kidnapped by the military band that devastates the country. Forty years later, Genaro returns to the cinema.
How it feels: Melancholic, dark, tense and earnest. Slow-burning and needs your attention.
About: Memory, grief, love, politics
Content: Mild violence and language. No gore or sexual content.
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Tone: melancholicstrength 3 of 3
darkstrength 2 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: memory
grief
love
politics
isolation
Places: small town
home
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex none