His Majesty Minor 2007
In this offbeat comedy, a man raised by a pig dies and is resurrected with a newfound power of speech, elevating his stature among his fellow humans.
In this offbeat comedy, a man raised by a pig dies and is resurrected with a newfound power of speech, elevating his stature among his fellow humans.
A lonely guy, living an uneventful life in Paris, takes care of his mother. One day, a girl with a more exciting life moves in his apartment building.
Eva, an honest and rigorous examining magistrate, investigates the murder of a young stripper in which a powerful businessman is apparently involved, but she is unable to find enough evidence to implicate him… until a mysterious witness appears who makes her an offer she can't refuse.
Determined not to simply get married, start a family, and grow old like the rest of the girls in her town, an aspiring Cuban diva sets out to launch a career as a singer.
Through the lives of three different women, a waitress, a teenager and a the mentally handicap sister of a building maintenance supervisor, Escalona makes a special collage, which combines topics such as abortion, sexual abuse, friendship, death or relationships, with loneliness as a backdrop. Not surprisingly, the director tags his film as "hard and uncomfortable"