Despite premiering at prestigious festivals (including BAFICI and the London Latin American Film Festival), Deshora never secured a wide international distribution deal. It exists in a frustrating limbo:
Once you have secured your Deshora 2013 English subtitles (a .srt or .ass file), you need to pair them with the video file. Here is the standard workflow:
Method A: VLC Media Player (Easiest)
Method B: Renaming for Automatic Load Place the subtitle file in the exact same folder as the movie file. Rename the subtitle file exactly like the movie file.
If you do find a subtitle file, be prepared for variable quality. Deshora’s dialogue is lyrical and melancholy; machine-translated subs will butcher its tone. Phrases like “El tiempo no se cura, se deshora” (“Time does not heal, it untimes itself”) require a human translator to capture the poetic ambiguity. A good English subtitle track is not a luxury for this film—it’s essential. Deshora 2013 English Subtitles
As of now, here are the most viable options:
To illustrate the importance of quality translation, consider a pivotal line from the film. In Spanish, Ana says: "El tiempo no se va. Se queda dentro de uno, como un vidrio roto." Method B: Renaming for Automatic Load Place the
The first is literal. The second understands that Spanish uses vidrio roto to imply pain that cuts and cannot be removed. The difference of one word ("shard" vs. "broken glass") changes the visceral impact.
Because Deshora only contains roughly 200 lines of dialogue total, every translation choice is magnified. A bad subtitle ruins the film’s intimate, confessional tone. The first is literal
No dialogue for nine minutes. Only the sound of a motorboat crossing a misty lake, and Ana’s face. The first subtitle appears at 9:48: "It’s colder than I remembered." This line confirms to the audience that she has been away for a long time. A missing subtitle here leaves the viewer completely lost.