

A film so unhinged it weaponizes small talk into psychological warfare.
a dark comedy about conversations and the intrusive nature of the "social" animal - inspired by Madvin Mexis' graphic novel "I did not write this"
Writing
Dialogue that weaponizes awkwardness like a scalpel
Direction
Mexis adapts his own graphic novel with zero compromise

Director
Madvin Mexis
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Somnophilia remains one of cinema's last taboo-adjacent subjects rarely explored with nuance; Mexis treats it as both pathology and metaphor for one-sided intimacy.
The graphic novel 'I did not write this' was originally self-published in Mexico City and banned from three indie bookstores for its cover alone.