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 1917 novel by last century’s most influential Satanist; which, again, lends the dedication ‘A mi padre’ a certain salaciously ambiguous je ne sais quoi…
Film details
Productieland
Spain
Jaar
1989
Festivaleditie
IFFR 2011
Lengte
118'
Medium/Formaat
35mm
Taal
Spanish
Première status
None
Director
Agustí Villaronga
Producer
Julián Mateos
Screenplay
Agustí Villaronga
Editing
Raúl Román
Production design
Francesc Candini
Production company
Ganesh Producciones Cinematográficas
Sales / World rights holder
Instituto de la Cinematografía y de las Artes Audiovisuales (ICAA)