The Lesser Evil

A quiet, patient, quietly despairing watch, like watching something precious be slowly buried and no one able to agree on how to stop it.

Directed by

Marcos Montes de Oca

Starring

Marina Layana

Overview

The wind has brought the sand dunes closer and closer to a small town on the Argentine coast. The locals debate options before the advent of the sand on their houses: to abandon their homes or to stay and try to resist the inevitable.

How it feels

Melancholic, bleak, earnest and tense. Slow-burning and demanding.

About

Environment, nature, isolation, survival

Content

Mild language. No violence, gore or sexual content.

Note

Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown

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