– Unlike Hollywood thrillers, there is no last-minute rescue, no supernatural reset, no twist where the baby was alive. The film ends with María cradling the wrapped body, weeping, as the camera slowly pushes in on the stained coffee table. The end.
Warning: The following section contains spoilers necessary to discuss the thematic weight of the film. Le.mesita.del.comedor.aka.The.Coffee.Table.2022...
The search term “Le.mesita.del.comedor.aka.The.Coffee.Table.2022” may be a typo-ridden digital ghost, but it points toward a very real and very disturbing film. Caye Casas’ The Coffee Table has earned its place in the canon of modern European horror by doing what the best genre films do: taking a universal fear (harming one’s own child) and giving it a physical, almost laughably mundane form. – Unlike Hollywood thrillers, there is no last-minute