Underplayed Gems

Cracked (2024)

Cracked poster
Original title
La falla
Directed by
Alana Simões
Genre
documentary film
Country
Mexico
Runtime
1h 21m
Rated
A
Rating
9.0 of 10 from 2 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

The film follows a group of second-grade students in a Mexican classroom during their teacher's final month at the school. It captures the everyday routines, interactions, and small moments that define the end of a shared chapter.

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What happens

Cracked (Spanish: La falla, lit. 'The failure') is a 2024 Mexican documentary film written and directed by Alana Simões. It follows the student life of a small second-grade classroom in a Mexican school during the last month of one of its teachers. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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