Ximena Prieto

For Mia, beauty is everything. A trophy, a promise, a ball and chain, a wish upon a star. A life sentence.

Every afternoon, Mateo stops at a phone booth to make a call. His mother sees these calls as dangerous fantasies she fears encouraging. But in resisting, she faces a harder question: whether her denial is what's pushing her son away.

Every afternoon, Mateo stops at a phone booth to make a call. His mother sees these calls as dangerous fantasies she fears encouraging. But in resisting, she faces a harder question: whether her denial is what's pushing her son away.