The Empty Hours
2013 · Movie · 100 min · ★ 6.7 · 84% critics
A teenager is left to manage a quiet motel on a lonely coastal stretch, where long, uneventful days begin to blur together. An older guest waiting for someone becomes an unexpected source of conversation, stirring curiosity, loneliness, and a fragile sense of possibility.
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Details
- Original title
- Las horas muertas
- Years
- 2013
- Release date
- 2013-10-24
- Language
- Spanish
- Runtime
- 100 min
- Critic score
- 84/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.7/10 (49 votes)
About
You may like this if you enjoy quiet coming-of-age romance with a realistic, wistful feel, similar in mood to A Tale of Love and Desire; Not for you if you need fast, eventful entertainment.
Pros: gentle mood; believable longing; calming pace | Cons: very slow; understated story; limited action
Themes
- coming of age
Cast & crew
Kristyan Ferrer
as Sebastian
Adriana Paz
as Miranda
- EM
Eliseo Lara Martínez
as Jacinto
- AA
Amaranta Abril
as Rosa
- BC
Bartolo Campos
as Don Severino
Fermín Martínez
as Tío Gerry
Norma Pablo
as María
Mayra Batalla
as Madre de Jacinto
- RV
Rebeca Villacorte
as Lucha
- SL
Sergio Lasgón
as Mario
Directed by Aarón Fernández Lesur