Considering I watched Apio Verde at the International Festival of Fantastic, Terror and Science Fiction Films (Feratum), I expected something a bit different from what we got. I expected, yes, a brutal film about the abortion issue but with some crazy fantastic elements attached to its natural horror. Francesc Morales' film doesn't need anything like that, after all we are dealing with the story of a young woman (star Catherine Mozoyer doing a terrific job) who's living a tragic pregnancy: her baby won't survive due the anencephaly disorder and, eventually, her life will be in danger too. While the movie has some classic physiological horror through its main character (her mind imagines dark things), Morales' main intention is achieving an explicit denouncement against the unjustified...
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- 10/8/2013
- Screen Anarchy
Apio Verde Trailer. Francesc Morales‘ Apio Verde (2012) teaser trailer stars Catherine Mazoyer, Catalina Aguayo, Jenny Cavallo, Gregory Cohen, and Pilar Cortés. Apio Verde‘s plot synopsis: “a psychological thriller focused on Adriana (Catherine Mazoyer), a woman who is told her child has anencephaly, a brain malformation that won’t allow her child to live once he’s outside the [...]
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- 6/14/2012
- by Rollo Tomasi
- Film-Book
We first heard about Apio Verde last December, when the startling first image, featuring a bloody pregnant woman, was released. Now we're pleased to premiere the first teaser for the film, directed by Francesc Morales, as well as a brief interview with the director. Morales summarizes the premise of the film: "Apio Verde is a psychological thriller focused on Adriana (Catherine Mazoyer), a woman who is told her child has anencephaly, a brain malformation that won't allow her child to live once he's outside the womb. As therapeutical abortion is illegal in Chile, she must wait five months until giving natural birth. She's in a situation where she can't stand her own body, as she feels she's carrying a monster." In the interview, conducted...
- 6/11/2012
- Screen Anarchy
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