Emiliano Reyes

The cell phone in my right hand and the microphone in my left hand document what happened between studying film between 2019 and 2023, following my friends in the cities of Madrid and Prague and being lucky enough to barely alter their behavior. A very fine narrative thread links the seemingly unconnected events, imitating the disruptive and non-linear nature of our memory. Now I ask myself: What do I remember about these four years? A series of snapshots come to mind that I don't even know how to put in order and that I have tried to protect from oblivion with my cell phone.

An injured stranger comes to a peasant family that lives in isolation, announcing that he can help them find water, as a drought threatens them.

Bruno, a Colombian boy who lives in Madrid, has to stay alone in the city during the summer due to visa problems, while all his friends They leave the city and their entire family is in Mexico. To earn money to survive, and with the hope of finally getting his papers, he starts to work in a factory, where he begins to perceive sexual tension with his boss. This power relationship will bring Bruno bad memories of his past.

The day after his father's funeral, Manuel waits for the arrival of his sister Olalla, with whom he has not spoken in more than twenty years. Twenty years since their mother died, at which time she left home without warning and never returned. Olalla returns with the subconscious idea of ​​understanding his brother's decision to condemn his life to staying in that remote place in rural Galicia, a question that he does not even consider.

A father grieves the loss of his son.