MARTYRS

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70 minutes

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Humor and drama blend together in this allegory about human contradictions. Through a rapid succession of scenes presented with a fragmented narrative, a group of martyrs emerges as a gang of comic antiheroes, overflowing with irony and sacarsm. Marilyn Monroe is awkwardly sexualized as an out-of-control fan lifts her skirt; Saint Sebastian exchanges his arrows for plungers; and a devout woman unveils her most perverse side in front of her object of devotion.

This vibrant fresco of sleepless martyrs and extravagant acts of martyrdom unravels the conflicted landscape of our contemporary world: the martyrdoms of our time, as diverse as the frustrating ordeal of assembling IKEA furniture, submission to the empire of image and beauty, the curse of romantic love, and the contradictions embedded in our social relationships.