DON'T LEAVE THE KIDS ALONE

description

Recently widowed, a single mother attends a party, leaving her two young sons alone. As the brothers play, their rivalry raises its head.

After the babysitter cancels last minute, Cata makes a hasty decision to attend her work event, leaving her children Mati and Emi at home. With their new house all to themselves, the two brothers are having a blast and set out to unpack their prized video game console, unaware of the consequences. Soon something will make them believe, each one separately, that his own brother is plotting to murder him. What begins as a blast of carefree play soon turns into a claustrophobic horror story set over a single night in the '80s.

OFFICIAL SELECTION
International Film Festival Rotterdam 2025

DIRECTOR'S BIO
Emilio Portes is a Mexican film director and screenwriter known for his comedies, dynamic camera style and dark sense of humour. Portes got his start drawing storyboards while studying in film school. His first feature film CONOZCA LA CABEZA DE JUAN PÉREZ (2008) won the Opera Prima Award and Best Actress Award at Guadalajara’s Film Fest in 2008. In 2010, the same film was given four Ariel Awards from the Mexican Film Academy including Best Supporting Actor, Wardrobe Design and Visual Effects. His second feature, PASTORELA (2011) won seven Mexican Academy Awards, while his third film as director and screenwriter, EL CRIMEN DEL CÁCARO GUMARO (2014), was the debut of one of the most famous Mexican comedians, Andrés Bustamante and has the seventh-best opening weekend ever for a Mexican film.