On the Empty Balcony

1961 · 70 MIN · IMDB 7.3 · 124 VOTES · DIR. Jomí García Ascot

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Overview

About a woman who was a child refugee from the Spanish Civil War, and is now living as an adult in Mexico City. She tries to remember the traumatic events of her childhood.

Dialogue Timeline — 322 lines

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00:01:06 To the Spaniards who died in exile.
00:02:12 And the sun was coming into the room through the balcony.
00:04:32 I'll look somewhere else so they'll think you're not here.
00:10:44 With one hand, with the other...
00:11:41 Then where is he, sweetie?
00:17:57 The one from yesterday.
00:19:14 Enough questions. I'm going to help Mom.
00:21:05 He saw it, and he's not going to lie. Come on, you know him.
00:23:13 María, wake up.
00:25:42 I don't know what more to tell you.
00:27:17 hardly daring to move.
00:29:31 And then I took a stopper with me.
00:31:18 but I didn't find anything.
00:36:38 I knew nostalgia
00:38:31 And later, time becomes distance.
00:39:24 When I'm 8 years old again.
00:40:08 Next time...
00:41:46 I want you to say it to me
00:43:04 Who will I be able to ask?
00:46:47 Many years had passed
00:49:14 she remembered that, using a rock, she'd written in the window:
00:50:06 But where was her sister? She couldn't see her.
00:51:08 Don't leave me alone!

Cast & Characters

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed322
Dialogue density4.6 lines / min
First line00:01:06
Final line00:51:08

Production Record

DirectorJomí García Ascot
LanguageSpanish
IMDb votes124