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Ramirez

Albert ARIZZA

Spain2009 95 min Digibeta C International Premiere

Synopsis

Women are attracted to young and handsome Ramirez, an aspiring photographer who takes artistic photographs. On the surface he leads a comfortable life, but his life is consumed by a sense of want due to his bedridden mother and by a twisted artistic desire. A drug dealer by day, he strangles street women in his car at night and gets a kick out of taking photos of their bodies. In appearance, this is an erotic thriller about a serial killer who leads life on a tightrope between art and obscenity, but the film focuses on the abnormal mental world of a man who turns murder into art rather than trying to create tension in certain circumstances. As a result, the movie lacks a clear structure such movies have that lead to a tense climax, but the story closely follows the processes in which the protagonist gets satisfaction in a situation and gets out of difficulty. (NAM Da Eun)

Diretor

Albert ARIZZA

Born in 1978. He studied film direction in Madrid and he learned classical animation techniques at Walt Disney studios in Paris, where he shooted his first short films. His first feature film is Ramirez.