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THE PERFECT ABSENT

EL PERFECTO AUSENTE (2019, dir. Emilio Santoyo) 2019 | México | DCP | Blanco y Negro | 13 min.

Direction: Emilio Santoyo

Script: Emilio Santoyo

Production: Valeria Ariñez | Rodrigo Calderón | Emilio Santoyo

Production Company: Anomia | Colectivo Colmena | Pugsi Rentals

Photography: Rodrigo Calderón

Edition: Emilio Santoyo

Sound: Arturo Capur | Ricardo Lameiras | Rodolfo Ortiz

Music: Arturo Capur | Ricardo Lameiras

Cast: Maite Urrutia | Salvador de la Garza

Animation: Emilio Santoyo

Art Direction: Emilio Santoyo

Year of Participation at FICM: 2019

SYNOPSIS: A newly married foreigner adapts to her new life in Mexico. When he meets Max, the teenage son of the woman who iron her husband’s clothes, the desire takes over her. Both must confront their desire in a personal search that transcends social classes.