11 minutes to break your heart and stitch it back better.
A less than ideal arrangement turns unexpectedly healing when a working, single mother is forced to call her absent father for a last minute babysitting request.
Acting
David Jofre's hands do more acting than most faces.
Writing
Economy of storytelling: 11 minutes, zero waste.
Director
Emilio Miguel Torres
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The Spanish title 'El Arreglo' carries double meaning: 'the fix' as repair and 'the arrangement' as deal—both transactions this family navigates.
Torres specifically cast non-actors from his own family; the abuelo's hesitation holding the baby was genuine first-take nerves.
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