The success/notoriety of In a Glass Cage enabled Villaronga to raise the budget for a far more ambitious project. His sole essay in fantasy, Moon Child is a visually sumptuous fairy tale for enlightened and open-minded adults. It features a blue-eyed boy with paranormal powers, a secret sect of fascist occultists hidden in a weird villa, and a journey of self-realisation towards an Africa that is a very real and present but also mythical mindscape.
One could also say: Moon Child is a most astonish- and disturbing mix of Marvel Comics (think X-Men) and Aleister Crowley – the film’s title is actually derived from a
Film details
- Country of production
- Spain
- Year
- 1989
- Festival edition
- IFFR 2011
- Length
- 118'
- Medium/Format
- 35mm
