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Director Emiliano Rocha Minter, who debuted at IFFR with his transgressive body horror We Are the Flesh in 2016, returns with a caustic comedy that chews up the world of cinema and spits it out transformed. It’s like a Mexican Mulholland Drive, with Buñuel watching from above.
An elderly fashion designer makes his wife work on his dresses until her death. But she returns to him, younger, in her old wedding gown. This gorgeous stop-motion deals with the terror of growing older, the grief of loss and the pain of letting go.