(386) STILL LIFE [Naturaleza Muerta] (2015) Argentina horror
4736DVD
original
Argentinean title: NATURALEZA MUERTA [Dead Nature]
director: Gabriel
Grieco
starring: Luz Cipriot · Mercedes Oviedo · Amin Yoma · Nicolas Pauls
· Juan Palomino
In
the incredibly tense prologue, Julia is terrorized and kidnapped from
her home. She's the daughter of a wealthy, arrogant cattle baron named
Cotonese. The police are working the case but getting no results. Meanwhile,
ambitious young journalist Jazmin (played by Luz Cipriot) sees this
story as a perfect opportunity to advance her career, so she convinces
her cameraman to help collect clues. Jazmin's investigative techniques
are often illegal [and certainly unethical] but she does manage to build
a story that takes her closer to the truth... and to a series of brutal
murders.
[Spoiler
ahead]
Despite the embedded 'meat-is-murder' philosophy, the movie really does
not accentuate that agenda. Rather, it develops into a pure slasher-
horror movie featuring a serial killer who simply likes slaughtering
people and hides his mania behind vegetarian rhetoric.
This
is the debut film from Gabriel Grieco. It premiered at the 67th Cannes
Film Festival and has won awards Internationally, finally opening in
Argentina, March 2015. He won the Best Director award at Cine Fantastico
Argentina 2015. His next movie would
be Hipersomnia, released a year later.
An
Argentinean film with English subtitles; widescreen format, (97 minutes),
DVD encoded for ALL REGIONS NTSC FORMAT; extras include original theatrical
trailer.
Graphic
Violence/Nudity/Gore/Sexual Brutality
Recommended For Mature Audiences
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In
the incredibly tense prologue, Julia is terrorized and kidnapped from
her home. She's the daughter of a wealthy, arrogant cattle baron named
Cotonese. The police are working the case but getting no results. Meanwhile,
ambitious young journalist Jazmin (played by Luz Cipriot) sees this
story as a perfect opportunity to advance her career, so she convinces
her cameraman to help collect clues. Jazmin's investigative techniques
are often illegal [and certainly unethical] but she does manage to build
a story that takes her closer to the truth... and to a series of brutal
murders.
