"Walking on eggshells..."
A short film about domestic abuse (coercive control, gaslighting, domestic violence).
Social & External
Elizabeth
David
Young Elizabeth
Young David
Natalie navigates an abusive relationship while trying her best to convince her concerned friend that she is fine.
Mauve is the color palette Monet used to represent his wife Camille Doncieux on her deathbed. It's also the color palette of suffering and complex trauma; of visible and invisible bruises, from the female gaze. MAUVE, “La piel malva” in its spanish title, is an audiovisual diptych about the depth of the emotional wounds of domestic violence; the same one that the surrealist Dora Maar lived with the minotaur Picasso. "Mauve" was a finalist in the Filminuto category of the Mobile Film Latam of the Conservatorio Audiovisual de Colombia in 2022.
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An attorney defends a hoodlum of murder, using the oppressiveness of the slums to appeal to the court.
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Short film made with the help of the Sundance Film Institute and serving as a proof-of-concept for the subsequent feature film.
In the quiet family town of Suburbicon during the 1950s, the best and worst of humanity is hilariously reflected through the deeds of seemingly ordinary people. When a home invasion turns deadly, a picture-perfect family turns to blackmail, revenge and murder.
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Living in rural Texas is a dysfunctional family: an abusive dad, a Vietnam vet with a war wound that's left him impotent; a compliant wife and a son of about 20, two small sons who look a lot like their brother. The dad harbors a secret, and he goes to murderous lengths to keep it hidden. The young man, Jimmy, who has suspicions, but little comes out until a Yankee woman comes to town.
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