Their lives are turned upside down by the discovery of the creature, which is a source of both pleasure and destruction. Mexican director amat escalante, who won the cannes best director, honors for his previous film, heli, explores misogyny and homophobia in. I didnt know what the hell i was getting into at the time though, i found this film to be a weird combination of family drama. A couple in a troubled marriage locate a meteorite, initiating an encounter with a mysterious creature.
Short gay film hearts and hotel rooms part 1 of 2 film lgbt short duration. Amat escalante born 28 february 1979 is a mexican film director, producer and screenwriter. The film gratuitously uses a provocative subtext to explore serious drama and sexual. The film is very unpredictable and you really do not know where it is going. Disponible ondemand en colombia x ii i regionsalvaje. His previous film heli received the best director award at the 20 cannes film festival. A perplexing opening sequence, showing what appears to be a vast asteroid. Her brother fabian works as a nurse in a local hospital. Winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comic con sundance film festival toronto. Hearts and hotel rooms hbo gay short film recommended for you. Through the intimate story of one mexican familys ordeal, heli powerfully. This causes a tremendous feeling of excitement and curiosity.
The film, which is being sold by the match factory, plays in. This short film is an appropriation of a concept, as anamnesis translated in spanish as what the soul remember of the. Amat escalante is a spanish director known for his gritty portrayal of the mexican experience. Through the intimate story of one mexican familys ordeal, heli powerfully humanizes the plight of an entire country caught in the middle of a devastating drug war that has claimed by some estimates 100,000 lives in the past few years. Amat escalantes film may lack the subtlety of val lewtons famously allusive rko chillers, but theres the same sense that. Alejandra vit avec son mari angel et leurs deux enfants dans une petite ville du mexique. All this in conservative guanajuato, with its social nightmares of violence and homophobia. He wrote the script himself together with gibran portela. Germany 23 june 2017 munich international film festival czech republic 1 july 2017 karlovy vary international film festival israel 15 july 2017 jerusalem film. It arrives in theaters courtesy of strand releasing on. He is most well known for directing the controversial mexican crime thriller heli for which he was awarded the best director prize award at the 20 cannes film festival, and for directing the 2016 mexican drama the untamed for which he received the silver lion for best director at the 2016 venice.
Anamnesis is a short film that explores the way we experience pain. Exclusive clip from venice competition film the untamed. It was selected to compete for the golden lion at the 73rd. Con ruth ramos, simone bucio, jesus meza, eden villavicencio. San francisco international film festival usa 28 april 2017 the overlook film festival belgium 17 may 2017. It was selected to compete for the golden lion at the 73rd venice international film festival, with escalante winning the silver lion for his direction. The film gratuitously uses a provocative subtext to explore serious drama and sexual themes in small town mexico. The alien similar creature in the untamed can give a lot of pleasure but can also give a lot of pain and even murder people and it is supposed that it came from an asteroid that no one has heard of or has detected but that on its impact falling, made a small crater which now is full with animals in the act of fornication. Their provincial lives are upset with the arrival of mysterious veronica. Their lives are turned upside down by the discovery of. Young mother alejandra is a working housewife, raising two boys with husband angel in a small city. Amat escalante, born in 1979, is a selftaught filmmaker from the city of guanajuato in mexico. Veronica is overcome, horror filmstyle, by extreme lust.
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