A sculptor is traumatized by the death of his wife in a car accident. He builds a sculpture in her memory. As the lifelike sculpture begins to bleed through the cracks of clay, the sculptor's flesh mutates and crumbles away...
Practical Effects
Disgustingly tactile clay-and-flesh effects that squelch and weep
Cinematography
Stark chiaroscuro that makes decay look almost beautiful
Direction
Cerdà's unflinching gaze never blinks from the horror
Director
Nacho Cerdà
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Nacho Cerdà made this as part of his 'Death Trilogy' alongside 'The Awakening' and 'The Nameless'—all exploring grief through horror.
Predates similar body-as-art horror like 'The Cell' and 'Annihilation'—Cerdà was doing transformative flesh poetry in 1998.
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