The Water

(El agua)
Andrea Dargenio | Science Fiction, Drama, Comedy, Fiction

2019 | 14 minutes | Argentina

A man wakes up in a world where water has disappeared, however, everyone acts like nothing happened.

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Synopsis

A man wakes up in a world where the water has disappeared. There’s no water in the pipes nor in the bottles. Not even one drop falls from the clouds. The sea itself has become a desert. However, everyone acts as if nothing happened. In the bars they sip from empty glasses, from a springboard a diver falls into a dry pool. Alone, the protagonist realizes the incredible disappearance – and nobody pays attention to him.

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Main credits

Dargenio, Andrea (film director)
Belial, Hector Luis (screenwriter)
Maiques, Nicolás (actor)

Other credits

Cinematography, Gustavo Biazzi; editing, Flor Efrón; music, Gustavo Pomeranec.


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Festivals

Austin Film Festival; BAFICI Buenos Aires International Festival of Independent Cinema; Rio de Janeiro International Short Film Festiva; INTERFILM–International Short Film Festival Berlin; Les Utopiales - Nantes International Science Fiction Festival - Grand Prix; Soria Short Film Festival - The Mediterranean Diet as a Healthy way of Life Section First Prize; International Short Film Festival in Drama Greecel

DIRECTOR: Andrea Dargenio

NATIONALITY: Argentina

YEAR: 2019

GENRE: Science Fiction, Drama, Comedy, Fiction

LANGUAGE: Spanish

COLOR / B&W: Color

GRADE LEVEL: Middle School, High School, College, Adult

SUBTITLE/CC: AVAILABLE

AUDIO DESCRIPTION: NOT AVAILABLE

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