Short film

El Pozo

2023 · 12 min

A quiet, unsettling fable that creeps under your skin, mixing small-town stillness with a monstrous, greedy unease.

Overview: A small and quiet town. A creature emerges from a well. Greed comes into play in a duel where the beautiful can be monstrous and the horrible the everyday. The short was performed by non professional actors with behavioral disorders.
How it feels: Eerie, dark, tense and melancholic. Slow-burning and needs your attention.
About: Greed, isolation, morality, identity
Content: Mild violence, gore and language. No sexual content.
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Tone: eeriestrength 3 of 3
darkstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 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: greed
isolation
morality
identity
fate
Places: small town
countryside
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: single location
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex none

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Genres: drama, horror
Directed by: John Petrizzelli
Starring: Nacho Huett, Juan José Oncala, Rosa Perez, Carmen Reiné, Martín Torres Ochoa, Manuel Gutiérrez, Manuel Gutiérrez, Patrick Pinter
Runtime: 12 min
Country: Spain