2024
Narrative Short Film / Drama
Digital / Color / 1.85 / 13 min
México

Daniel, un niño de diez años, llega un lunes por la mañana a la escuela con un par de tenis nuevos que su padre le trajo de un viaje de negocios a los Estados Unidos Estados. Cuando ve que otro niño trae los mismos tenis, comienza sospechar que sus zapatos son la clave de un terrible secreto.

Daniel, a ten year old boy, arrives at school Monday morning wearing a brand new  pair of light up sneakers that his father brought him from a business trip in the United States. When he sees that another boy is wearing the exact same sneakers, he begins to suspect that his shoes are the key to a terrible secret.


Writer & Director: Gerardo Coello Escalante
Creative Producer: Amandine Thomas
Producers: Nahim Abuxapqui & Rodrigo Solano
Director of Photography: Cody Powers
Editor: Amandine Thomas
Starring: Rodrigo Mota, Pablo Torres, Lila Urbina & Gerardo Saldaña

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