What if the truth had a body count?
Ditirambo never smiles, always tells the truth and ruthlessly carries out all the missions entrusted to him. The widow of a writer orders him to locate the former lover of her husband with the purpose of getting revenge on her.
Acting
Suárez directs himself as a man who forgot how to human
Writing
Dialogue so dry it could start a wildfire
Direction
Anti-romantic Spanish cinema at its most deliberately alienating
Director
Gonzalo Suárez
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Part of 1960s Spanish cinema's underground resistance to Franco-era escapism — Suárez deliberately made art that refused to comfort.
The title refers to ancient Greek ecstatic poetry, ironically naming a protagonist who experiences zero ecstasy. Suárez allegedly wrote the script in three days fueled by black coffee and spite.
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