Short film

Larva

2023 · 29 min

A quiet, unsettling plunge into a teenager's vulnerability, building dread with patient realism until it becomes unbearable.

Overview: Milena, a 15-year-old girl, gets to know an older man online. Upon encountering him in real life, her fate changes irreversibly.
How it feels: Tense, dark, melancholic and bleak. Slow-burning and demanding.
About: Isolation, identity, deception, trauma
Content: Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.
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Tone: tensestrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 1 of 3
bleakstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: isolation
identity
deception
trauma
coming-of-age
Places: small town
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild

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Genres: drama
Directed by: Kami García
Written by: Kami García
Starring: Andrea Jiménez Camacho, Raúl Briones, Amaranta Gutiérrez, Bertha Margarita García Reyes
Music: Rodrigo Favela
Cinematography: Argel Ahumada de Mendoza
Runtime: 29 min
Country: Mexico
Languages: Spanish