Sunday, February 7, 2021

Madre (2017)

  Shorts are the hardest things to find, I swear.  

Marta (Marta Nieto) receives a frantic phone call from her six-year-old son, Ivan (Álvaro Balas).  Ivan is supposed to be on holiday with his father, but cannot find him.  A country away, with zero landmarks, no recourse, and a dying phone battery, Marta tries to calm her frightened child.

This is a 17 minute long horror movie for parents.  For everyone else, it feels a little lacking.  Not that it's bad, it just doesn't tell a complete story.  

You can currently find this and the other four nominees from the 2019 Live Action category on Amazon in one little bundle.  ShortsTV releases them every year.  Some are free and some you have to rent, so try and catch it while it's still the former.  As far as I'm aware, this particular short isn't streaming anywhere else.

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