Waiting for the Hearse

Waiting for the Hearse

An out of the ordinary weekend in the life of an Argentine family

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Release Date

5/6/1985

Runtime

87 mins

Genres

Overview

Mama Cora, who is almost eighty years old, has three sons and a daughter. She lives with one of them, who has serious financial problems. The family meets one day to celebrate an anniversary meal, and that is when the problem arises: which of them will take care of her?

Status

Released

Original Language

Spanish

Budget

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Revenue

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Homepage

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A dark comedy about an Argentine family unraveling during an anniversary dinner, where the practical question of who'll care for aging Mama Cora becomes a hilarious mirror held up to decades of resentment and dysfunction.

Mood

AbsurdBittersweetAngry

Themes

FamilyMortalityComing apart

Tone

Satirical

Pacing

Steady

Look

Naturalistic

Structure

Single location

Heads up

Suicide and self-harm

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