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RUNTIME
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Tight 12-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
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Cinco velitas
2010 0h 12m ES
Drama
Synopsis
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A woman leaves her son on his 5th birthday and goes out to look for what she doesn't have: a job. What could be just another party becomes complicated when a shrewd grandmother suspects that the child does not belong to her grandson's group of classmates.
“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”
Cast
Alejandra Darín
Gerónimo Arias
Rita Cortese
Catarina Spinetta
Nahuel Mutti
Credits
Behind the camera
- Director
- Paula Romero Levit
- Writers
- Paula Romero Levit, Michelina Oviedo
- Languages
- Spanish
- Countries
- Argentina
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ERA
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Released 16 years ago.
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RUNTIME
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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
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DIRECTOR
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Editor Liliana Nadal shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
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CAST
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Alejandra Darín and Gerónimo Arias and Rita Cortese carry the top of the cast.
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WILD
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IMDB entry: tt1790665 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
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Cinephile deep dive
The take
Paula Romero Levit directs. Liliana Nadal cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Argentina. Dialogue in Spanish.
Trivia
Things worth knowing
- 1Tight 12-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
- 2Released 16 years ago.
- 3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
- 4Editor Liliana Nadal shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
- 5Alejandra Darín and Gerónimo Arias and Rita Cortese carry the top of the cast.
- 6IMDB entry: tt1790665 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
The technical file
- Editing
- Liliana Nadal
- Costume design
- Marcela Vilariño
- Makeup / hair
- Noemí Acevedo
- Runtime
- 12 min · 0h 12m
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- ES
Also by
Paula Romero Levit
Production companies
Who made it
INCAA
AR
Key crew
- SoundJulián Caparrós
- Costume DesignMarcela Vilariño
- Makeup DesignerNoemí Acevedo
- Executive ProducerJulián Castro
- CinematographyMarcelo Iaccarino
- EditorLiliana Nadal
- Art DirectionRodolfo Pagliere
- Color GradingAlfredo Basso
- ProducerJulián Castro
- SoundGonzalo Guerra
- Assistant DirectorRicardo Piterbarg
Release history · US
When it landed
- Theatrical2010-01-01
