Lav Diaz’s ‘Phantosmia’ Debuts Trailer Ahead of Venice Premiere (EXCLUSIVE)
variety.comLeo Barraclough International Features Editor Lav Diaz‘s “Phantosmia,” which has its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival in the out of competition section, has debuted its trailer.
The film centers on Hilarion Zabala, whose mysterious olfactory problem has recurred. A counselor/psychiatrist suspects it to be a lingering case of phantosmia, a phantom smell, and possibly caused by trauma, a deep psychological fracture.
One recommended radical process to cure the ailment was that Hilarion must go back and deal with the darkest currents of his past life in the military service.
Reassigned in the very remote Pulo Penal Colony, he must also confront the horrific realities of his present situation. In a statement, the director asks: “Do human beings have the right to kill other human beings?
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