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That is one of the many mantras that the lead character of this short rambles on. Desire is key, which is probably why in 7 minutes runtime, she gives in to numerous bites of sweets and multiple snorts of cocaine, all while she talks and talks about sex and want, and how to wallow in it, and in God knows what else.
That is the setup of La concejala antropófaga (or The Cannibalistic Councillor), a short from Pedro Almodóvar. Conceived during the filming of Broken Embraces, the short follows Chon (Carmen Machi), a councillor that enjoys giving in to her, umm, desires and talking about them.
I've never seen Broken Embraces (or any Almodóvar film, other than Bad Education), so I don't know how the short plays into that narrative, but it doesn't seem necessary. What I do know is that it stars Machi, who I already knew from a hilarious Spanish sitcom called Aida. Apparently, Almodóvar liked her performance so much that he wrote this short in one day, and let Machi run wild with it.
Aside from Machi and the script, I really liked the way Almodóvar framed his shots, and also the way he used colors in everything; from Machi's clothes to the set decoration and the whole mise-en-scène. For someone that's not familiar with his work, this brief short really piqued my interests about his films. Maybe I should finally give into them.
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LA CONCEJALA ANTROPÓFAGA
(2009, Almodóvar)
A film from Pedro Almodóvar
(2009, Almodóvar)
A film from Pedro Almodóvar
"We have to recognize desire as the main driving force of a better society – when you desire someone you don’t usually wish them harm – unless they reject you that is"
That is one of the many mantras that the lead character of this short rambles on. Desire is key, which is probably why in 7 minutes runtime, she gives in to numerous bites of sweets and multiple snorts of cocaine, all while she talks and talks about sex and want, and how to wallow in it, and in God knows what else.
That is the setup of La concejala antropófaga (or The Cannibalistic Councillor), a short from Pedro Almodóvar. Conceived during the filming of Broken Embraces, the short follows Chon (Carmen Machi), a councillor that enjoys giving in to her, umm, desires and talking about them.
I've never seen Broken Embraces (or any Almodóvar film, other than Bad Education), so I don't know how the short plays into that narrative, but it doesn't seem necessary. What I do know is that it stars Machi, who I already knew from a hilarious Spanish sitcom called Aida. Apparently, Almodóvar liked her performance so much that he wrote this short in one day, and let Machi run wild with it.
Aside from Machi and the script, I really liked the way Almodóvar framed his shots, and also the way he used colors in everything; from Machi's clothes to the set decoration and the whole mise-en-scène. For someone that's not familiar with his work, this brief short really piqued my interests about his films. Maybe I should finally give into them.
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