Brent_Marchant
Im generally not a fan of shorts, but this offering from director Dani Feixas Roka is excellent on all fronts. The film tells the touching, fact-inspired story of a middle-aged musician (Alain Hernández) caring for his widowed mother (Luisa Gavasa), who is suffering the progressive effects of Alzheimers Disease. The filmmakers handling of this subject is deftly managed and heartwarming, despite the challenging circumstances involved. Superb performances, a taut script and an emotive background score combine to make for one of the better releases that Ive seen in the dramatic short genre in quite some time. In fact, if I were to have any criticism, it would be that I would have liked to see the narrative expanded and further developed, espec...