Underplayed Gems

The Leap (2025)

The Leap poster
Original title
El paso
Country
Cuba
Runtime
15 min
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

Two children try to figure out why cattle and farmers are vanishing on moonless nights. The adults only whisper about a monster that might be responsible.

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What happens

The Leap (Spanish: El paso) is a Cuban 2025 Spanish-language short documentary film written and directed by Roberto Tarazona. The film follows two children who set out to decipher the mystery of events that the adults talk about only in secret: in the darkness of the moonless nights, cattle are disappearing along with the farmers who dare to confront the “monster” that is taking them. The film was selected in the Generation Kplus section at the 75th Berlin International Film Festival, where it had its world premiere on February 19 and competed for the Grand Prize for Best Film. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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