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Daniel Burman's Empty Nest (El Nido Vacio) is a steadily somber film punctuated by moments of extreme joy and visual expressionism. Largely a domestic story, the movie follows Leonardo (Oscar Martinez), a successful playwright, as he navigates the breakdown of his personal life. His is the subtle breakdown of children moving away and ebbed romance rather than the sudden, dramatic breakdown of marriage, and, as such, it requires a different sort of language than the high theatricality of a Revolutionary Road. There's the need for a tenderness and emotional restraint, and Burman treats his characters with detached love even as he moves them into surreal places.