A Week Alone

A group of children have been 'orphaned' for a week. Their parents have gone off on a trip leaving them under the not-so-watchful gaze of nanny-cum-housekeeper Esther, with the eldest member of the group, María, nominally in charge. Enclosed within a gated compound that supposedly protects the community from the dangers of the outside world, the motley group of children made up of siblings, cousins and friends seek to entertain themselves by both using the legitimate leisure activities placed at their disposal and by illegally prying into the homes of their neighbours. Then Esther's brother, Fernando, comes to stay and the children have to deal with the outside world and what it represents in more ways than one. www.bfi.org.uk