Daisy
A rich businessman, Julián, runs a foundation that seeks cures for people with disabilities or abnormalities. During one experiment he finds an extraordinary being, but it is just a mirage, as cerebral abnormalities begin to appear, and the being does not want to return to its primitive state.
A successful actress with three children takes an artist lover to fill a void in her life. This avant garde feature illustrates the alienation of an individual who is lonely despite the wealth and fame her career has brought to her. Jose Maria Nunes wrote the screenplay which relies heavily on verbiage and philosophical symbolism.
What opens as a playful evocation of natural shapes and hues quickly turns into an allegorical psycho drama set in a white cube and driven initially by Bach. The performers’ gestures, sudden intrusions of colour(s) as well as the chosen fabrics tell it all.
