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The Navel

2023 · 29 min

A quiet, slow-burning slice of life that turns quietly unsettling as buried histories and bodily realities surface.

Overview
Coral and her pregnant sister Luz live in an old house with no running water. In their patio, while the bricklayers are building a cistern, they accidentally find a pre-Hispanic burial and an archaeologist intervenes. At night, as Luz goes into labor, the men will make another unexpected discovery.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • eeriestrength 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
  • family
  • isolation
  • memory
  • survival
  • parenthood
Places
  • home
  • countryside
Era
contemporary
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
Horror2
Humour1
Realism8
Romance1
Tension5
Darkness6
Complexity5
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Juan Pablo Villalobos
Written by
Juan Pablo Villalobos
Starring
Julia de La Rosa, Azucena Gómez Desales, Hugo Enrique Ramírez Espinoza, Julio Bustillo
Runtime
29 min
Country
Mexico, Switzerland
Languages
Spanish

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