In a town plagued by the murders of the "Killer of the Seven Leathers", a prostitute helps a religious young man when he's attacked by hoodlums. He takes her to his ragged shack filled with Catholic objects, where she tries to seduce him.
Production
Shack as sacred/sexual temple — chaotic set design
Acting
Del Risco's carnal energy vs. Roldán's terrified rigidity
Editing
Twenty minutes that feel like a possession
Director
Jorge Molina
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Director Jorge Molina also plays Basilio, controlling his own puppet of religious guilt. Cuban cinema's Special Period produced desperate, ingenious shorts like this.
Post-Soviet Cuba's economic collapse fueled underground punk filmmaking; 'Culpa' smuggles its transgression through comedy and Catholic imagery.
CU
