Amir and Amat are invited to a trip into the South American rain forest, but the pleasant visit to Bolivia quickly takes a bizarre turn as Amat starts having strange visions and loses his mind over the ghostly presence of a giant blood red ox. Amir must save his boyfriend from paranoia but he will quickly realize he can't trust nothing and nobody - as he might be losing his mind too.
Cinematography
The Amazon itself becomes a suffocating, breathing antagonist.
Acting
Kaolin Bass's descent from loving partner to unhinged prophet.
Sound
That ox bellow will haunt your dreams. No notes.
Director
Rodrigo Bellott
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The film weaves Quechua spiritual beliefs with contemporary Bolivian political tensions, using the ox as a symbol of both indigenous resistance and colonial violence.
Director Rodrigo Bellott shot significant portions without a full script, letting the actual jungle conditions and cast chemistry shape the hallucinatory narrative.
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