
Dear Evan Hansen(2021)
Evan Hansen, a high schooler with social anxiety, unintentionally gets caught up in a lie after the family of a classmate who committed suicide mistakes one of Hansen’s letters for their son’s suicide note.


“Did you ever wish to disappear entirely?”
Diana, a young woman who suffers from social anxiety, works in the supermarket which forces her to face her biggest fears; unable to communicate with others, she takes refuge in an ideal dream: a still and silent world where she can be free but gradually and without noticing this place threatens to swallow her into oblivion.

Gabriela Lucas
Diana López
Heidi Torres
Sofía
Claudia Ortíz
Miriam
Roberto Rojas
Manager
Tere Viñas
Client
Sergio Contreras
Coworker 1
Karely 'Taddka' Correa
Coworker 3

Uriel Reyes
Coworker 2
Empty Shelves is a drama, fantasy film released in 2023 exploring themes of social anxiety, enac, social anxiety disorder, unam, liminal space. Directed by Xánath Rojas, it stars Gabriela Lucas, Heidi Torres, Claudia Ortíz. Diana, a young woman who suffers from social anxiety, works in the supermarket which forces her to face her biggest fears; unable to communicate with others, she takes refuge in an ideal dream: a still and silent world where she can be free but gradually and without noticing this place threatens to swallow her into oblivion.
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