Éramos pocos (2005)

Director:

Borja Cobeaga

Writers:

Sergio Barrejón (writer)
Borja Cobeaga (writer)

Genre:

Short | Comedy

Plot:

After his wife leaves him, Joaquín brings his mother-in-law back home to look after him and his son.

Plot Keywords:

Bedsheet | Father Son Relationship | Mother In Law | Marital Separation | Housework

Awards:

Nominated for Oscar. Another 8 wins

Cast

Ramón Barea	...	Joaquín
Mariví Bilbao	...	Lourdes
Alejandro Tejerías		(as Alejandro Tejería)

Also Known As:

One Too Many (USA)

Runtime:

16 min

Country:

Spain

Language:

Spanish

Color:

Color

Filming Locations:

Madrid, Madrid, Spain

Company:

Altube Filmeak S.L.

Movie Connections:

Featured in The 79th Annual Academy Awards (2007) (TV)

Dark comedy

In the early morning a woman fed up with her husband and son walks out on them. When we see why we can't blame her. They are both chauvinist slobs incapable of caring for themselves. Realizing this they retrieve the wife's mother from a nursing home and feigning love and concern soon have her assuming the same indentured status that caused her daughter to flee. It turns out however that they also may have been duped.

Eramous Pocos is a well acted little gem of a comedy told soberly in a low key manner. It's stark imagery bathed in ominous lighting drips with a casually foreboding ambiance and mystery that contributes to the film's ambiguous demeanor. Director Borgea Kobeaga puts great care and detail into every shot, creating an impressive visual suspense to advance the storey line and bring about its ironically comic conclusion. It's a masterwork of style in miniature.