Argentina, 1983. The story of a woman who has dedicated her whole life to caring for her father’s health, an ex-senior official of the army. Her daily routine follows the beeps of a watch, which carefully controls every move she makes, reducing her existence to a mere enslavement to time. The watch tells her when to make the tea, prepare medicine, run a bath and make dinner for her ill father. From one day to the next, the woman finds refuge in her own little world, refusing to face reality and instead leading a life in the realm of the surreal. Currently on an international tour, the short film has already won 7 prizes, including one from the Argentinian festival “Imagenes socials de la Rioja” for best animated short.

Santiago “Bou” Grasso, director and cartoonist, was born in 1979 in Buenos Aires. He gradated from the Faculty of Fine Art of the University of La Plata in 2003. He has worked as graphic designer, comic-book illustrator and animator. He has been involved in the production of Argentinian and international animations, and his short films have been shown at numerous festivals. In 2007, he received a study grant from the National Foundation of the National Arts Fund (Argentina) for his short film project, a 2D animation entitled “El Empleo”. He currently lives in San Carlos de Bariloche, Rio Negro (Argentina), where he works as a freelance illustrator.