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Please Hold

  • 20202020
  • TV-MATV-MA
  • 19m
IMDb RATING
7.2/10
1.8K
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Erick Lopez in Please Hold (2020)
ShortComedyDrama
A young man's life is suddenly and inexplicably derailed, as he finds himself at the mercy of automated "justice."A young man's life is suddenly and inexplicably derailed, as he finds himself at the mercy of automated "justice."A young man's life is suddenly and inexplicably derailed, as he finds himself at the mercy of automated "justice."
IMDb RATING
7.2/10
1.8K
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  • Director
    • K.D. Dávila
  • Writers
    • K.D. Dávila
    • Omer Levin Menekse
  • Stars
    • Erick Lopez
    • Doreen Calderon
    • Daniel Edward Mora
  • Director
    • K.D. Dávila
  • Writers
    • K.D. Dávila
    • Omer Levin Menekse
  • Stars
    • Erick Lopez
    • Doreen Calderon
    • Daniel Edward Mora
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 17User reviews
    • 5Critic reviews
  • See production, box office & company info
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    • Nominated for 1 Oscar
      • 2 wins & 4 nominations total

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    Erick Lopez
    Erick Lopez
    • Mateo
    Doreen Calderon
    Doreen Calderon
    • Mamá Torres
    Daniel Edward Mora
    Daniel Edward Mora
    • Papá Torres
    • (as Daniel Mora)
    Ruben Dávila
    • Guillermo Lima
    John Alton
    John Alton
    • Ben Saperstein
    Greg Karber
    • Automated Public Defender
    • (voice)
    Dani Messerschmidt
    • Correcticorp AI
    • (voice)
    Brian Paison
    • Various
    • (voice)
    Shaun S. Sutton
    • 'Ready-to-Win' Commercial
    • (voice)
    Devon Dávila
    • Onlooker
    Rubina Dávila
    • Onlooker
    Nadia Trinidad
    • Onlooker
    • Director
      • K.D. Dávila
    • Writers
      • K.D. Dávila
      • Omer Levin Menekse
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    • Goofs
      While handcuffed, Mateo somehow changes out of his clothes into a prison jumpsuit. It would be impossible to remove/put on sleeves without taking off the handcuffs, yet presumably he neither a) had human assistance, since he spends most of his time after being arrested trying to contact and communicate with another human being, nor b) were the handcuffs remotely removed since when he gets to his jail cell he seems surprised when he is able to remove the handcuffs at all.
    • Connections
      Featured in 2022 Oscar Nominated Short Films: Live Action (2022)
    • Soundtracks
      Extreme Rock
      Written and produced by OrangeHead

    User reviews17

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    A terrific, darkly humourous short
    I must hand it to the people involved in this short. They made afilm which is both humourous, - and it's in that,whchits so very frightening.

    A young ma's on his way to work, sometime in the not too distant future, when he's alerted- on his mobile phone- that he's under arrest.

    He hadn't done anything, but, it's due to the impersonlaisation of everything that he's locked up, and faces up,to 4u years.

    The 'public defender's is nothing better than 'Clippy'from Microsoft Bob - and it's due to the failure(s) of all the voice controlled services where Matteo (the main character)fights his battle.

    Ideally hope that this short leads to a good future for those involved- from direction, and all those behind the camera, to theterrifi performance.
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    • UNOhwen
    • Apr 24, 2022

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    • Release date
      • March 17, 2022 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official sites
      • Crowdfunding Page
      • Official Facebook
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Пожалуйста, подождите
    • Production company
      • Scavenger Entertainment
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    • Runtime
      19 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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