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  • 2014
  • Not Rated
  • Strand Releasing
  • 1 h 41 m
  • 2014
  • Not Rated
  • Strand Releasing
  • 1 h 41 m

Summary On the desolated coast of Veracruz, 17 year-old Sebastián takes over running his uncle’s small and cozy rent-by-the hour motel. There he meets Miranda, a regular customer who comes to the motel to meet a lover who always keeps her waiting. As Sebastián and Miranda get to know each other, an ambiguous game of seduction begins between them...

Directed By: Aarón Fernández Lesur

Written By: Aarón Fernández Lesur

  • 2014
  • Not Rated
  • Strand Releasing
  • 1 h 41 m
  • 2014
  • Not Rated
  • Strand Releasing
  • 1 h 41 m

The Empty Hours

Metascore Universal Acclaim Based on 7 Critic Reviews
81
User Score Generally Favorable Based on 6 User Ratings
7.7
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Summary On the desolated coast of Veracruz, 17 year-old Sebastián takes over running his uncle’s small and cozy rent-by-the hour motel. There he meets Miranda, a regular customer who comes to the motel to meet a lover who always keeps her waiting. As Sebastián and Miranda get to know each other, an ambiguous game of seduction begins between them...

Directed By: Aarón Fernández Lesur

Written By: Aarón Fernández Lesur

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Metascore
Universal Acclaim Based on 7 Critic Reviews
81
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7 Reviews
0% Mixed
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Metascore
Universal Acclaim Based on 7 Critic Reviews
81
100% Positive
7 Reviews
0% Mixed
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90
Jul 17, 2014
Like everything else about this lovely film, life, love and emotional growth are marked out in lush, languid, luminous terms.
By Betsy Sharkey FULL REVIEW
90
Jul 10, 2014
Fernandez (“Used Parts”) has a masterful handle on narrative, structure and character, skillfully blending them all in a tale with atmosphere to spare.
By Jay Weissberg FULL REVIEW
80
Jul 10, 2014
Working with grace and patience, Mr. Fernández makes the mundane captivating.
By Jeannette Catsoulis FULL REVIEW
80
Jul 8, 2014
Full of long takes and matter-of-fact performances, melancholy low-contrast cinematography and desolate vistas suffused with acute loneliness, The Empty Hours captures the feeling of idling away the time, waiting for something to arrive.
By Zachary Wigon FULL REVIEW
75
Jul 11, 2014
The movie has a small story but a big theme; the theme being experience, and it conveys the emotions and moods of its characters by taking things nice and slow.
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75
Jul 6, 2014
Aarón Fernández captures one of the most heartening elements of sex: that it doesn't always oblige our rules or expectations.
By Chuck Bowen FULL REVIEW
70
Jul 10, 2014
A slight anecdote expanded to slightly beyond its natural length, The Empty Hours is nevertheless time well spent.
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Generally Favorable Based on 6 User Ratings
7.7
83% Positive
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17% Mixed
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83% Positive
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17% Mixed
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Release Date Jul 11, 2014
Duration 1 h 41 m
Rating Not Rated
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Website http://www.urbandistrib.tv/
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Awards

Tokyo International Film Festival
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations
Molins Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Morelia International Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination

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