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Desahogo

Undrown

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Directed by: Sofía HernándezAnahí PobleteHazel Guarachi
Duration: 5 minutes
Spanish
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Aurora locks herself up in the bathroom, anguished over her life. She gets into the bathtub and is dragged into a sensory trip, in which she will have to face her fears in an attempt to heal herself.
Aurora enters the bathroom and locks the door, isolating herself from the outside screams. She tries to refrain her tears. Then she approaches the mirror, observes her reflection and a peace of her face falls off. She enters in the bathtub, notices something strange in the water, and this absorbs her.
Aurora is sumbmerged in deep waters and is immediatly tries to look for an exit. She sees a light projected from the depth and decides to swim to it and cross it.
Aurora reaches the other side and when she surfaces she appears on her bed from her childhood bedroom, but distorted and darker. Steps are heard, Aurora goes back terrified, the door is opened, she close her eyes, and when she opens them she encounters spiral stairs, screams and strong noises begin to sound, this makes her panic. Aurora goes down stairs, trips on and falls down into a deep and dark hole.
When she gets to the bottom she notices a terrifying version of herself that chases her, she realizes that within this creature she finds again, herself, but this time as a little girl, so she decides to fight to get her out of there. Aurora saves the girl and approaches her gently, they look and connect with each other, they embrace each other in a hug and the girl reintegrates into Aurora, her chest bursts letting out an intense stream of water that floods the place and brings her to the surface.
Aurora open her eyes crying in front of the mirror, she calms her breathing, and in that moment she notices a broken peace of the mirror on the lavatory, she takes it and returns it to its place, showing her complete and normal reflection. Finally she leaves the bathroom determined and calm with herself.
Aurora se encierra en el baño, aislándose de los gritos del exterior. Trata de contener las ganas de llorar. Luego se acerca al espejo, observa su reflejo y se le cae un pedazo de la cara. Entra en la tina, se da cuenta de que hay algo extraño en el agua, y esto la absorbe.
Al caer sumergida en aguas profundas Aurora trata de buscar una salida con la mirada. Ve una luz proyectada a través del fondo, y decide nadar hasta allá, atravesándolo.
Llega al otro lado y al salir a la superficie aparece encima de su cama en su habitación de niña, pero oscura y distorsionada. Se oyen pasos, Aurora retrocede aterrorizada, se abre la puerta, cierra sus ojos, y al abrirlos se encuentra en unas escaleras de caracol, comienzan a sonar gritos y ruidos fuertes que la harán entrar en pánico. Aurora baja corriendo, se tropieza y cae por un profundo y oscuro hoyo.
Al llegar al fondo, se percata de una versión terrorífica de sí misma que la persigue, y nota que al interior de la criatura se encuentra ella misma, pero de niña, por lo que decide luchar para sacarla de allí. Aurora salva a la niña y se acerca a ella con gentileza, sus miradas se conectan, ambas se acogen la una a la otra en un abrazo y la niña se reintegra al interior de Aurora, el pecho de esta estalla dejando salir una corriente de agua intensa que inunda el lugar y la saca a flote.
Aurora abre los ojos llorando frente al espejo, calma su respiración, y en eso nota un pedazo de espejo roto sobre el lavatorio, lo toma y lo devuelve a su lugar, mostrándose de esta forma su reflejo completo y normal. Finalmente sale del baño más resuelta y tranquila consigo misma.
Content Warnings: Frightening, Brief Nudity
Genres: Drama, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Perspectives: LatinX, Women
Studio: It was a student project so we did not have a studio name
Producers: Sofía Hernández
From: Chile
Produced In: Chile
Writers: Sofia HernandezAnahí PobleteHazel Guarachi
Lead Actors: Sabrina Soracco

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