El rey de las flores

The first short film by actor and director Alberto Velasco offers a double look at tradition, which is posed as a place that can welcome everyone or reject them decisively. The story of Victor, the center of the narrative, grows as does his inner rage and, in doing so, the director starts from an imaginary of joy and nature to arrive at a somber place of closure.

Synopsis: Victor, ten years old, loves popular folklore. He already knows what it means that what you like most in the world, which in his case is dancing, is what hurts you the most. His mother works tirelessly and also takes care of his bedridden stepfather day and night, but with a lively, sharp and hurtful tongue every time Victor comes through the door. When Victor dances, he transforms, laughs, dreams and escapes from the reality at home. What he could never imagine is that the same violence he received would be his own salvation. [ICAA database].