Heroin, Super 8 film, and a vampire movie that eats its own tail. Spanish cinema's best-kept secret.
José Sirgado is a low-budget filmmaker whose heroin addiction distorts his perspective of the real world. Although he is a depressed and unstable individual, his mood improves when he receives the mysterious films of Pedro, with whom he shares his passion for cinema.
Direction
Zulueta's editing creates genuine temporal dissolution—time actually feels like it's rotting.
Cinematography
Super 8 footage bleeds into 35mm until you can't trust your own eyes.
Acting
Eusebio Poncela's physical decay mirrors the film stock itself.
Director
Iván Zulueta
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Zulueta made this after his own heroin relapse; Pedro's apartment was his actual living space. The film is documentary in everything except its fantasy.
The 'Arrebato' title sequence was shot in one take at 4am after the crew found the location abandoned. Zulueta called it 'the only honest moment in Spanish cinema that year.'
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