Silence Please

(Silencio por favor)
Carlos Villafaina | Drama, Fiction

2017 | 17 minutes | Spain

A small incident disrupts the family routine for a man, his mother, and his brother, who suffers from cerebral palsy.

Synopsis

Based on an experience of the director, Silence Please follows Dani, a young man from a humble home. He works in a warehouse and wishes things were easier for him and his family. He lives with his mother and brother, Javier, who suffers from cerebral palsy. Javier is working on an internship on the neighborhood library, but a little incident disrupts the family routine.

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Main credits

Villafaina, Carlos (film director)
Villafaina, Carlos (screenwriter)
Díaz, Greta (film producer)
López, David (actor)
Villafaina, Javier (actor)

Other credits

Cinematography, Andreu Ortoll; editing, Oriol Milán.


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Festivals

Palm Springs International ShortFest; Cleveland International Film Festival; Short Shorts Film Festival Japan - Audence Award; Medina del Campo Film Week - Roel de Oro; Gau Laburra International Short Film Festival - Best Short Film; Palencia International Film Festival - Otero Public Award for Best Short Film

DIRECTOR: Carlos Villafaina

NATIONALITY: Spain

YEAR: 2017

GENRE: Drama, Fiction

LANGUAGE: Spanish

COLOR / B&W: Color

GRADE LEVEL: Middle School, High School, College, Adult

SUBTITLE/CC: AVAILABLE

AUDIO DESCRIPTION: NOT AVAILABLE

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