Heartache, on Repeat
With a soundtrack of crashing ocean waves, the opening 30 seconds of the stunning dance short Heartache codirected by Iker Karrera and Alberto D. Centeno delivers a series of singular and seemingly random yet intriguing images that lure the viewer in: A shirtless man, unsteady on his feet, flailing as he attempts to make his way up the staircase of an old building. A pair of legs seated on a bench—their owner hidden by the camera angle. An upstairs POV looking down on a huge, mysteriously beautiful, and darkened room empty of any furnishings, with old and muted walls of peeling...
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