A sailor, Alonso Samoza, is passionately in love with two sisters. But to be able to marry one of them, Maria, he must first murder the other, Rebecca. During an accident at sea, the sailor is beheaded. Beyond death, he will try to fulfill his desires.
Practical Effects
The headless sailor effects are gloriously unsettling.
Direction
Recio turns 20 minutes into an eternity of dread.
Director
Lorenzo Recio
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The title references the 'Acephale' secret society founded by Georges Bataille—obsessed with sacrifice, transgression, and the death of rational subjectivity.
Recio shot the maritime sequences in a single weekend with borrowed fishing boats; the dreamlike instability of the footage was partly accidental weather.
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