Las Tardes / The Afternoons

Director: Vito Petek

Producers: Catalina Ibarra Garcia

Philadelphia Premiere

Country of Production: Argentina

Date of Completion: 2023

Duration of Film: 14 Minutes

Laura, Carolina, and María play day by day without the supervision of their mother, who has just had a baby, and whose presence, annoying but unspoken, is equivalent to the family background that is experienced in the house, which is reinforced by the notion that a baby is perceived as a problem when it arrives at an inappropriate time. Faced with this situation, the innocence of the girls is forfeited, as they were never accustomed to these new emotions and act accordingly.

Laura, Carolina y María juegan día a día sin la supervisión de su madre, quien acaba de tener un hijo, y cuya presencia, molesta pero tácita, es equivalente al trasfondo familiar que se vive en la casa, lo que se refuerza a partir de la figuración de que un bebé se percibe como un problema cuando llega en un momento inadecuado. Y frente a esta situación, se genera la pérdida de la inocencia de las niñas, quienes nunca antes acostumbradas a estas nuevas emociones, actúan en consecuencia.