A breakup so bad it takes you straight to emotional purgatory — with demons.
Javier is an obsessed artist who is grieving the end of a relationship. His sorrow comes as a combination of memories, instinct and denial, and the mourning's harsh feelings will compromise his sense of reality. Surrounded by doubt, and subjected to several addictions, Javier fights to find peace - until his lattermost move take him to a surrealistic emotional purgatory. The absurdity in which Javier finds himself might be a way out of the pain, and his redemption to love and all endings. But first he needs to confront his demons and to take one last chance into the pleasures of the flesh.
Direction
Noel Alejandro's dreamy, unflinching gaze into grief and desire.
Acting
Pierre Emö's raw, unraveling descent keeps you locked in.
Cinematography
Surreal purgatory visuals that blur flesh and feeling.
Director
Noel Alejandro
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Noel Alejandro is part of a wave of queer filmmakers using explicit sex as legitimate narrative language, not titillation — this premiered in queer festival circuits where that distinction matters.
The 22-minute runtime is deliberate: grief compressed to its most volatile, refusing the comfort of feature-length processing. Javier doesn't get that luxury.
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