The Other Tom

El otro Tom
Rodrigo Plá, Laura Santullo
Part of

Neighboring Scenes 2022

February 24 - 28, 2022

Set in the border city of El Paso, Texas, the fifth and most recent collaboration between Rodrigo Plá and Laura Santullo tells the gripping and intimate story of Elena, a working-class single mom and her nine-year-old son, Tom, who has been diagnosed with ADHD.

DIRECTOR
Rodrigo Plá, Laura Santullo
YEAR
2021
COUNTRY
Mexico, USA
RUNTIME
111 minutes
LANGUAGE
Spanish with English subtitles
ORIGINAL TITLE
El otro Tom
START DATE
February 24, 2022

Q&A with Rodrigo Plá

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The fifth collaboration between the Uruguayan-Mexican creative duo of Rodrigo Plá and Laura Santullo (A Monster with a Thousand Heads), based on a novel by Santullo, tells the story of Elena, a working-class single mom and her nine-year-old son, Tom, who has been diagnosed with ADHD. Elena risks losing custody when she refuses to continue medicating Tom after an accident alerts her of his treatment’s side effects. Set in the border city of El Paso, Texas, this gripping and intimate drama is anchored by potent performances from Julia Chávez and Israel Rodriguez Bertorelli.

 

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