

User Score
0 votes
“Home heat can kill”
Dorotea, perfectionist and authoritarian, prepares the celebration for her mother's 70th birthday. Her brother accidentally dies before lunch and Dorotea, along with the family, come up with an absurd plan to prevent their mother from finding out.
Director
Writer
Status
Released
Original Language
ES

Gloria is a 58-year-old divorcée. Her children have all left home but she has no desire to spend her days and nights alone. Determined to defy old age and loneliness, she rushes headlong into a whirl of singles’ parties on the hunt for instant gratification – which only leads to repeated disappointment and enduring emptiness. But when Gloria meets Rodolfo, an ex-naval officer seven years her senior, she begins to imagine the possibility of a permanent relationship.

Horacio
When three siblings agree to meet and discuss their aging father's future, their reunion spirals into bickering, bantering and reliving old grudges.