La Memoria Del Muerto (The Memory of the Dead)

Three films in one day?  Why yes, it is the start of another Fantastic Fest!

As the director puts it, La Memoria Del Muerto (The Memory of the Dead) is not a horror film; it's a love story.  Or, as I see it, a story of horrible love.

Five friends of Jorge reunite with his widow to remember his life.  And when the dead start to return, it seems the reunion is something more... Be prepared for emotional scars to be ripped off and eaten as the guests reunite with the ghosts of their pasts.

La Memoria Del Muerto (The Memory of the Dead)
2011, 89 minutes, directed by Valentín Javier Diment

Penumbra

Again, like the last film, this was not at all what I was expecting.  This was a dialog-driven film more than anything else.  Fortunately the lead actress Cristina Brondo pulls it off.  As a Spanish realtor, she spends a few months each year handling business in Argentina, including for an old apartment she inherited with her sister.  A prospective tenant is running late, but when he arrives, his motivations are suspect.

Penumbra
2011, 85 minutes, directed by Adrián García Bogliano & Ramiro García Bogliano

Director Adrián García Bogliano and a member of the production crew during the Q&A.

This has nothing to do with the film, but I wanted to point out the suckling pig display at the Highball during the opening night party.