73SSIFF - 19/27 September 2025
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En el balcón vacío / On the Empty Balcony

José Miguel (Jomí) García Ascot
Mexico      56 m.
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One morning in 1936, the war made its appearance from the balcony before the eyes of the little Gabriela: a man on the run is hiding in the interior courtyard of the building and neither say a word; but the screams of a woman neighbour give him away and the man is arrested by the supporters of the coup. The evocation of that collective wound appears as a singular and non-transferable pain. Only the empty balcony is left, the image of that first farewell.

Director
José Miguel (Jomí) García Ascot (Tunisia)
Screenplay
María Luisa Elío
Production
Ascot / Torre (NC)  
Photography
José Torre
Edition
Jorge Espejel 
Sound
Rivatón de América -
Cast
Nuri Peña, María Luisa Elío, Conchita Genovés
Running Time
56 m.
Country
Mexico
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