Spanish colonial domination has a very unusual translation in this experimental road movie. Raya Martin took an anecdote about a Filipino soldier who suddenly wakes up and finds himself in Mexico City in 1593. A case of teleportation, and the same goes for the holiday trip by the lovers in the film. They stop the car to admire a mountain panorama, stroll through the city, pull faces at each other and visit a museum, where they exhibit themselves to each other with corny surrender.
The scenes, edited associatively, are regularly repeated. Are the protagonists about to be shot off to a different place or time? And is that because they are under the influence of drugs? Martin designs his film as a psychedelic LSD trip: the images are oversaturated in bright reds, blues, yellows and pinks and supported by a grinding and scratchy soundtrack. In his visual essay, Martin reflects on being stuck in time. An obsession with history - the colonial past of Spain, Mexico and the Philippines - has blocked the couple.
- Director
- Raya Martin
- Countries of production
- Philippines, Spain
- Year
- 2011
- Festival Edition
- IFFR 2012
- Length
- 70'
- Medium
- DCP
- Language
- no dialogue
- Producers
- Arleen Cuevas, Samuel Martinez, Mario Madueño, Gonzalo de Pedro Amatria, Víctor Iriarte, Raya Martin
- Production Companies
- Cinematografica Phillipines, Pantalla Partida
- Sales
- Pantalla Partida
- Screenplay
- Raya Martin
- Cinematography
- Víctor Iriarte
- Editor
- Víctor Iriarte, Lawrence S. Ang
- Sound Design
- Manuel Alvero, Pat Sarabia, Nacho R. Arenas
- Music
- Fernando Franco
- Cast
- Pilar López de Ayala, Andrés Gertrúdix