27 APR 2016
#MacabroNocturno: Sinister Children
MACABRO NOCTURNO presents two stories about teenagers. A Mexican short film with a bizarre fifteenth-birthday celebration and a film about a girl who talks to the dead until she becomes a con artist. A selection to ruin your childhood.
Contrafábula de una niña disecada
Dir. Alejandro Iglesias, Mexico, 2012, 25 min.
Gizella is turning 15, and her parents have organized a dinner to celebrate. She will have to give a speech, but discovers that a plant has begun to grow in her mouth.
La mujer que hablaba con los muertos
Dir. César del Álamo, Spain, 2014, 102 min.
Synopsis: When Elena Castaño was a girl, she had a gift: she was able to communicate with the spirits of the dead... but that ability disappeared as she grew up. Now, Elena and her sister Úrsula live off the glories of the past, organizing fake séances in which they swindle the unwary. Elena, fed up with that life, has decided that tonight she will hold her final session. Everything is set, except there's one extra guest... a guest no one was expecting.
Casa del Cine (República de Uruguay 52, Col. Centro, 06000 Mexico City, Mexico) | Admission $40.00 | Saturday, April 30, 8:00 p.m. | Tickets on sale from 12:00 p.m. on Thursday, April 28.
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