Short film

The Dish

9 min

A short, queasy slow creep of dread as a tense dinner date curdles into something deeply wrong.

Tagline: Enjoy!
Overview: A well-known chef prepares a special dish for his date, seeking her validation, but things deviate from the original plan
How it feels: Dark, tense, eerie and cynical. Slow-burning and needs your attention.
About: Obsession, identity, madness, violence
Content: Strong violence and gore. Mild sexual content and language.
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Tone: darkstrength 3 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
eeriestrength 2 of 3
cynicalstrength 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: obsession
identity
madness
violence
deception
Places: home
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore strong
Language mild
Violence strong
Sex mild

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Genres: horror, thriller
Directed by: Luis Iván Morán
Written by: Luis Iván Morán
Starring: Carlos Segura, Mariana de los Santos, Enrique Morales, Rennata Sepúlveda, Luis Iván Morán, Jesús Díaz, Abril Juárez, Yancy Rodríguez
Runtime: 9 min
Country: Mexico
Languages: Spanish