The Empty Hours

Name: The Empty Hours
Genre: Drama, Romance
Released: July 11, 2014
Duration: 101 min
Rating: 81

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Strand Releasing | Release Date: July 11, 2014 | Not Rated

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.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. [Strand Releasing]… Expand

Director: Aarón Fernández Lesur

Genre(s): Drama, Romance

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 101 min

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Jay Weissberg

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. Read full review

Betsy Sharkey

Jul 17, 2014

Like everything else about this lovely film, life, love and emotional growth are marked out in lush, languid, luminous terms. Read full review

Zachary Wigon

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. Read full review

Jeannette Catsoulis

Jul 10, 2014

Working with grace and patience, Mr. Fernández makes the mundane captivating. Read full review

Chuck Bowen

Jul 6, 2014

Aarón Fernández captures one of the most heartening elements of sex: that it doesn't always oblige our rules or expectations. Read full review

RogerEbert.com Glenn Kenny

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. Read full review

Jonathan Holland

Jul 10, 2014

A slight anecdote expanded to slightly beyond its natural length, The Empty Hours is nevertheless time well spent. Read full review

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