A marimba player in a black metal band: it’s an unlikely combination that turns out to work well. The band Marimbas from Hell has given the generally cheerful yet old-fashioned instrument from Guatemala a completely new image. The resounding marimba combines startlingly well with satanic texts such as ‘A den of demons, mutilated beings, disgusting beings’.
The reason why marimba player Alfonso joined the band is another story. After he was blackmailed, he had to sell his house and leave his family. He spends the nights on a hard armchair and now hopes to earn some money with the band.
Director Julio Hernández Cordón met Alfonso in 2007, when he made his debut film Gasolina, but the sequence with him remained on the cutting-room floor. Later he looked him up again for this docu-fiction, using the motto: ‘This is a tribute to the people I know who develop projects that are unthinkable in a country such as mine.’
Film details
Productielanden
Guatemala, France, Mexico
Jaar
2010
Festivaleditie
IFFR Unleashed
Lengte
73'
Medium/Formaat
HDcam
Taal
Spanish
Première status
None
Director
Julio Hernández Cordón
Producer
Julio Hernández Cordón, Pamela Guinea, Cyriac Auriol
Cinematography
María Secco
Editing
Lenz Claure
Screenplay
Julio Hernández Cordón
Production design
Julio Hernández Cordón
Sound design
Antoine Brochu, Olivier Peria
Music
Guerreros del Metal, Bacteria Sound System
Principal cast
Alfonso Tunché, Blacko González
Production company
Melindrosa Films, Axolote Cine, Les Films du requin
Distributor NL / Benelux rights holder
Hubert Bals Fund
Sales / World rights holder
FiGa Films
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