Return
Directed by Jonathan Delgado Herrera
- animation
The story
A single man has worked most of his life in a supermarket. One night, he unexpectedly meets with his father, and the two are faced with the question of the reasons for their separation.
What it’s like
Animated, so its look comes from drawn or stylized movement rather than live-action light, and its sense of place is built around the everyday: a supermarket after closing, the hum of empty aisles, one figure working through long, quiet hours. The mood is intimate and reflective, a late-night meeting that slowly opens into a conversation about absence and the reasons behind it. The pacing is unhurried, carried by dialogue and small gestures more than action, with an emotional register that is tender and melancholy without tipping into bleakness. Its people are a man who has spent most of his life in the same routine and a father he has been apart from, and their arc turns on the uneasy work of facing what kept them apart. Intensity is low: no violence or gore is indicated, and the emotional weight is the main pressure. It suits a quiet night alone or a contemplative watch, and it is for viewers who want a short, grown-up drama about family and regret told with the freedom of animation.
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