The Silly Age
Released: 2006
Drama
The "edad de la peseta" or silly age is the term used in Cuba for the pre-adolescent period from the age of seven to the age of eleven. Set in 1958 in Havana, the year that culminates the Revolution, ten-year-old Samuel has just arrived in town with his recently divorced mother. They take up residence in the house of his eccentric grandmother Violeta, and Samuel is introduced to a new, mysterious world where Samuel finds himself an adult in comparison to his child-like mother.
Starring: Iván Carreira, Mercedes Sampietro, Susana Tejera, Susana Tejera, Carla Paneca
Directed by: Pavel Giroud
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Language: Spanish
Scenes
Ten-year-old Samuel (Iván Carreira) pees into the toilet pan, but in the next shot we see this was apparently just a dream and he has wet his shorts. He goes into the bathroom to get cleaned up.
Later he has another nightmare and wets the bed again. He goes to sleep in his grandmother's bed.
Finally Samuel has a nightmare that does not result in him wetting the bed, and he is happy.