Short film
Un acto
1962 · 12 min
A quiet, uneasy short film that blurs memory and imagination, asking patience as it lingers on a mother's inner anguish.
- Directed by
- Federico Padilla
- Starring
- Zulema Katz, Alejandro Stilverberg
- Tagline
- The real, the memory and the imaginary
- Overview
- A single mother, living with her young son in downtown Buenos Aires, suffers from anguish. Based on “Tormenta de verano”, a short story by Juan José Saer (finally published as “El balcón”).
- How it feels
- Melancholic, earnest and tense. Slow-burning and demanding.
- About
- Isolation, parenthood, identity, memory
- Content
- Mild language. No violence, gore or sexual content.
- Note
- Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown
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- Directed by
- Federico Padilla
- Starring
- Zulema Katz, Alejandro Stilverberg