This is a sparse little piece centred on two lonely wallflowers in unimportant jobs, unrecognised by their colleagues, unrespected by their few kin, who come together out of a recognition of their shared plight. This pretty much covers what happens. But the amount of time that Contreras gives for his wary characters to let their guards down, and the fearful blankness of their interactions, against which subtle touches such as the defensive spikiness of Cecilia Suárez's Marina stand out, mean that their relationship unfolds unforcedly, organically. This approach is also parallelled in the visual aspect. It's mostly shot as flatly as a documentary, which makes a few moments when the director really wants the image to do the work with an unexpectedly crafted composition suddenly strike with captivating effect.
It doesn't actually say much in the end. Nevertheless, it's refreshing to come across a film that has the courage to be truthfully small.
7/10
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