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Segundo

2014 · 27 min

A quiet, grim slice of life that follows an old man's desperate struggle with bureaucratic cruelty and family disappointment, leaving a lingering sadness.

Directed by
César González Álvarez
Genres
Drama
Starring
Raúl López, Miguel Ángel Pérez
Overview
Segundo (Raúl López Leyton) is an elderly man who works at a street market and loses his stall’s merchandise for failing to pay his license fee. To recover it, he must settle his balance within a week. While trying to raise the money, Mario (Miguel Ángel Pérez), his inept son, depletes the remaining resources. Unable to work, he decides to commit a robbery at a local business.

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Directed by
César González Álvarez
Genres
Drama
Starring
Raúl López, Miguel Ángel Pérez
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Tone
  • bleakstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 1 of 3
  • earneststrength 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
  • survival
  • family
  • class
  • crime
  • grief
Places
  • big city
  • workplace
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror0
Humour2
Realism9
Romance0
Tension5
Darkness7
Complexity4
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
César González Álvarez
Written by
César González Álvarez
Starring
Raúl López, Miguel Ángel Pérez
Cinematography
Franco Valencia
Runtime
27 min
Country
Chile
Languages
Spanish

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