This is one of the most intoxicating movies of all times. Co-directed by animation filmmaker Alejandro Valle and interactive artist Felipe Gomez, "Historias del Desencanto" ("Stories of Disenchantment") is a visual and erotic masterpiece from Mexico, full of magnificent nudity and spectacular musical numbers. The opening scene presents an incredible vision of hell, described by a reviewer, Jon Waterman as "an amazingly brilliant homage to early cinema mixed with the pre-requisite modernity of computer graphics. It contained stunning shots and interesting angles and intelligent compositions that showed off some intricate production design". The story is surrealistic in the extreme. Exploring a warehouse that's been left unlocked, beautiful Ximena (Ximena Ayala) and her wannabe filmmaker boyfriend Diego (Mario Oliver) spy upon Ainda (Fabiana Perzabal) while she is undressing, but then they freak out when she sprouts wings. Nonetheless they accept an invitation to her art exhibition. Eventually they all end up in bed together, in an ecstasy-fueled orgy of sensuality and desire. The naked winged harpy keeps leading the two innocent victims down a decadent path of drug abuse and sexual experimentation, and as they all keep losing their clothes more and more, the film becomes increasingly like a wet dream of a drunk and perverted genius. Stylistically, the film is somewhere between Jodorowsky, Gilliam, Lynch, Jeunet and Caro, but it creates a fantasy universe that is absolutely unique. And incredibly sexy. The trailer is available
here (read the captions).
