Absent

Absent

2011 · 87 min · ES · 5.9 (57 votes)
Dir. Marco Berger · Starring Carlos Echevarría, Javier De Pietro, Antonella Costa, Alejandro Barbero, Rocío Pavón, Luis Mango
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Martín, a young student, gets injured during a swimming class. Sebastián, the PE teacher, takes him to the hospital. When they leave, he offers to drive him home, but Martín is planning to spend the night at a classmate's house, since there is no one at his own home.

VIBE

This film feels like a slow, creeping dread. It’s a deeply unsettling psychological study of obsession and unrequited desire, building a palpable sense of unease with every frame. The atmosphere is thick with unspoken tension.

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