7:35 in the Morning explained

7:35 de la Mañana
Director:Nacho Vigalondo
Producer:Eduardo Carneros
Javier Ibarretxe
Starring:Marta Belenguer
Nacho Vigalondo
Music:Fernando Velázquez
Cinematography:Jon Díez Domínguez
Editing:Javier Diaz Vega
Runtime:8 minutes
Country:Spain
Language:Spanish

7:35 in the Morning (Spanish; Castilian: '''7:35 de la Mañana''') is a 2003 Spanish short film directed and written by Nacho Vigalondo.

Plot

The film is an eight-minute long black and white short that depicts a Spanish woman encountering a strange singing man in a coffee shop one morning. The strange man turns out to be a suicide bomber, who professes his love through the words of the song to a woman who turns up every day at 7:35 in the morning (de la mañana). The others in the cafe have prerecorded lines to say at points during the song (or they risk the threat of being blown up) and even a short dance routine.

At the start of the film, the woman realises that something is not right when sitting down: everyone is quiet and refusing to acknowledge her presence. When the man reveals himself to be a suicide bomber (one of the people in the cafe refuses to sing), she calls the police (whilst he is not watching). Roughly three minutes later, the police arrive outside the coffee shop. The man finishes his song and emerges from the cafe to the police, holding a big sack of confetti. The man blows himself up, and the confetti showers over the woman. The credits roll.

Cast

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