Film
The Afternoon Has Eyes
A fifteen-minute Mexican short film about two men who stumble upon an abandoned portfolio and must decide what it means for their futures. Delicate and understated, it prizes silence and glance over explanation. A study in how small moments reshape us, for those who prefer suggestion to statement.
Should you watch it?
Watch it if you like short films that let a small, ambiguous moment carry a lot of quiet weight, and you don't mind being left to fill in the gaps yourself.
Skip it if you need a story with clear stakes and resolution, since this one is slight and deliberately open-ended, so its brevity may feel like a sketch rather than a finished piece.
What it asks of you: Fifteen minutes is all it takes, and it moves at an unhurried pace, leaving silences and glances to do the work before anything is spelled out.
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People
Cast
Enrique ArreolaJulián
Mauricio IsaacAlejandro
Directing
- Hari SamaDirector
Writing
- Luis Felipe FabreWriter
Production
- Hari SamaProducer
- Salvador de la FuenteProducer
- Verónica ValadezProducer