#MacabroPresenta: Necrófilo and Devoto, Two Films of Darkness and Sexual Diversity

Mix México: Festival de Diversidad Sexual en Cine y Video, the Festival Internacional por la Diversidad Sexual and Macabro: Festival Internacional de Cine de Horror de la Ciudad de México present, this Friday, October 26 and Saturday, October 27, at the Cineteca Nacional, the screening of two dark and surprising French films from Mundo Kinky: NECRÓFILO, by Philippe Barassat, and DEVOTO, by Rémi Lange, with both French filmmakers in attendance.

El necrófilo/ Le nécrophile / Drama / France / Runtime: 38 minutes

Release date: 2004

Director: Philippe Barassat

Cast: Freddy Boumane, Sissi Duparc, Mohammed Aamoun, Morgane Maugan.

The adventures of a monstrous man, a necrophiliac and scavenger, forced to adopt his niece after the death of her parents.

Devoto/ Devotee / Drama / France / Runtime: 50 minutes

Release date: 2008

Director: Rémi Lange

Cast: Hervé Chenais, Guillaume Quashie-Vauclin, Antoine Perlebas

Hervé, a 43-year-old man born without arms or legs, meets a handsome young man online, a devotee (devoteeism, or acrotomophilia, is sexual attraction to people with amputations) who seems like he might be different. Their meeting tests Hervé's difficulty finding a genuine connection with someone interested in treating him as a person rather than simply as a fetish.

About the filmmakers:

Phiippe Barassat

He is a film director and screenwriter. He made several short films before 2000: "Folle de ce Mec," "Mon Copain Rachid," "Transit," and "Les Éléphants de la Planète Mars," compiled on a DVD titled "Folle de Rachid en Transit sur Mars" (2001). Acclaimed by specialized critics, some of these films, such as "Mon Copain Rachid" and "Les Éléphants de la Planéte Mars," starring actress Arielle Dombasle, were shown all over the world. Barassat's work addresses different facets of sexuality and its perversions. Most of them are featured in "Nécrophile," his first feature film, broadcast on the Franco-German channel Arte. A longer version of this film exists and can be found on DVD. Other projects of his include "Lisa et le pilote d'avion," with Eric Cantona, Rachida Brakni, and Marilou Berry, and "Indésirables," with Jéremie Elkaïm, which addresses the sex lives of people with disabilities. He is currently working on the film "La rupture," about gerontophilic love.

Rémi Lange

Known in France for his film diaries made at the end of the 20th century, "Omelette" (1993-1998, which belongs to the collection of the National Museum of Modern Art and the Centre Georges Pompidou, as it is considered one of the best works in its genre) and "Les Yeux brouillés" (1999), Rémi is the author of thirteen films released on DVD, broadcast on television and at various film festivals around the world. Lange's filmography explores sexual diversity, especially homosexuality. His works are rich in characters and events. They almost always feature his favorite actors and actresses, who have helped build an underground culture and film industry in France. In 2017, Rémi co-wrote the screenplay for a popular comedy titled "Les plus grandes actrices du monde" with Philippe Barassat. He is currently finishing his seventh feature film, "L'ŒUF DURE," which will be released this year.