A 9-minute love story that'll wreck you — shot between life and death with a Casio keyboard.
Two lovers meet in a place between life and death. Experimental student short film based on the poem: "Amar está en los Huesos" (Loving is in the Bones) that recounts the romance and tragedy of two strangers.
Cinematography
That liminal space aesthetic on obviously zero budget.
Writing
Poem adaptation that actually trusts the source material.
Director
Antonio Torres Chajin
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The title references a famous Mexican poem about love persisting beyond death, deeply rooted in Día de los Muertos romanticism.
Director Torres Chajin shot this as his thesis at Universidad Iberoamericana — the Casio keyboard was apparently the only instrument available.
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