Name: La maleta
Genre: Short
Duration: 20 min
Rating: 6.1
Cast: Gastón Duvauchelle, Hector Duvauchelle, Orieta Escamez

Spanish-language cinema across Spain and Latin America is united by its engagement with history, cultural identity, and social transformation. In Spain, films often balance artistic experimentation with popular genres while reflecting on memory, politics, and family. In Latin America, cinema has been deeply tied to questions of colonial legacy, resistance, and community resilience, ranging from intimate dramas to bold political allegories.

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The short form refers to creative works characterized by their brevity and concise storytelling. Unlike full-length feature films, short films have a running time of less than 45 minutes, while TV shorts have a running time of less than 22 minutes.

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Absurdist short about a man with a suitcase and a man inside that suitcase.

Hector Duvauchelle, Orieta Escamez, Raúl Ruiz, Enrique Urteaga, Gonzalo Palta, and Gastón Duvauchelle in The Suitcase (1963)

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