哥伦比亚新浪潮导演Car
los Mayol
o的长片处女作，一部哥特风格
的幻想片，获葡萄
牙幻想电影节最佳女主角和最
佳影片提名。是导演向Roman
Polanski
的《Rosema
ry'
s Baby》致敬的作品。 &
amp;quot;Fles
h of your fl
esh"
is a poli
tical alleg
ory trho
ugh a lo
ve stor
y, fra
med into
the magi
cal colo
mbian universe.
In 195
5, in
the middle
of a mil
itary dictators
hip, a teenag
e girl se
duces her
brother and due
to their in
cestous relati
onship the lov
ers are posses
sed by the ghos
ts of thei
r ancestors.
The two
youngsters bec
ome vampirica
l and cri
minal creatures
like those
created by
the colombian
&q
uot;viole
ncia&q
uot;,
mingling with
the mytho
logical
beings o
f the count
ryside like
&quot
;drafts&q
uot; and
other ghost
sowing fear
into the he
art of me
n. Directed by
Carlos Mayo
lo. Cente
rs on a
wealth
y family f
ighting ove
r the last te
stament o
f a just
-deceased
matriarch. F
rom there,
the family me
mbers are show
n to have an
incestuou
s relatio
nship, and
eventually
vampires
come into
the picture,
as well
as unbrid
led slaughter.
Tropical
Gothic Baroque.
An ext
remely i
nteresting fi
lm about La Vi
olencia in Co
lombia whi
ch captures th
e strange socia
l and po
litical he
terogene
ity of this d
ark set of e
vents. Mayol
o develop
ed his own
aesthetic -
partly
in collabora
tion with filmm
aker Lu
is Ospina
and the
late Andrés C
aicedo - &
#39;el gótic
o tropical&a
mp;#39;
in order
to conv
ey this st
rangeness.
The film
combines l
ocal Colombia
n myths -
caspi, la
madremonte, el
hojaras
quin del
monte -
with themes
of vampi
rism and incest
to conv
ey the place
of La Vi
olencia w
ithin a repet
itive and
cyclical hist
ory charac
terised by inte
rpartisan
confli
cts that benefi
t the e
mpowerment
of the Col
ombian
aristocracy
.　　哥伦比亚新浪潮导演Ca
rlos Mayolo的长片
处女作，一部哥特风格的
幻想片，获葡萄牙幻想电
影节最佳女主角和最佳影片
提名。是导演向Rom
an Polan
ski的《Rosemary
&
#39