Innovative Film Duo Burnin’ Percebes Talk Far-Out Malaga Title ‘The Fantastic Case of the Golem’
variety.comHolly Jones Cementing their place as auteurs of the absurd, Spanish writer-directors Juan González and Nando Martínez, of creative outfit Burnin’ Percebes, presented their latest feature “The Fantastic Case Of The Golem,” to audiences at the Malaga Film Festival.
A sci-fi caper that embodies the duo’s freeform, standalone filmmaking style, it competes alongside further buzz titles “20.000 Species Of Bees,” from Spanish director Estíbaliz Urresola, and Gerardo Herrero’s,“Under Therapy.” After a night of heavy drinking, quintessential bachelor Juan and his friend David play a game of charades on the roof.
During a highly-animated round, David falls from the ledge and shatters into a million ceramic pieces. The event sets off a fiendishly ludicrous odyssey through Juan’s daily affairs as he seeks to uncover the truth behind his ruptured relationship.
With a keen eye on the absurd, the film ponders death, independence, companionship and the bizarre spaces in between and employs a knock-out cast led by Brays Efy (“Paquita Salas”), familiar Burnin’ Percepes leads Bruna Cusí (“Simple”) and Javier Botet (“Mama”), Anna Castillo (“Wild Flowers”) and Luis Tosar (“Way Down”). “Magical realism always accompanies us in our projects, everyday life combined with fantastic elements help us to talk about universal themes from a different point of view,” the duo told Variety. “An extraordinary event isn’t usually narrated from everyday life, that’s what most attracts us to this type of story.
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