Matthieu Charneau

Un giallo postmoderno que secuestra nuestras mentes y sentidos para introducirnos en el mundo de Candide, un imperturbable y seductor asesino en serie que una noche se topa con una mujer que acaba de saltar de un edificio y que le pide un último beso antes de morir. Instante que capta una cámara y que le convierte en un fenómeno en las redes, empezando así una huida hacia adelante de incierto fin. Un film de imaginario subversivo, fetichista y surrealista de Carlos Conceição ("Serpentário") una de las voces más excitantes del cine portugués contemporáneo, con cameo de Leonor Silveira, actriz icónica del cine de Oliveira.

Faces is a multi-narrative feature film set across four storylines that follow a group of characters as their lives begin to unravel. Aisha is in a marriage that has become stale. When her wish to get pregnant finally becomes reality, she receives some very unexpected news. Louie and Gaspard are a gay couple who are happily in love but when Louie’s female financée suddenly shows up in the picture, all that they hold dear begins to fall apart. Adam and Luke are best friends, but an attack on Adam at a party threatens to create a schism between them. Sindiso runs a charity for women to which she has dedicated herself. When the centre begins to have financial troubles with the real risk of closing, Sindiso has to question her fundamental motivations.

Wayward boy punishes his mother’s lover. Beauty and horror fondle each other. Young gods callously abjure conventional morality. Death goes whoring in child’s guise. Living in a world of role play, Miguel spends all his time playing with his sister Clara. They have a close bond that is made even more intense by Clara's illness. Yet despite all his efforts, Miguel senses that there's something missing in Clara's life that he cannot give her. Time is running out, and her health is deteriorating. One evening, he decides to approach a young man.

At a small seaside resort that is at risk of being submerged by the ocean, the inhabitants have been ordered to leave. Among those resigned to their fate are a reality TV candidate, a porn movie actress and a gay couple roaming the pine forest in search of themselves.

In Paris, a bewildered young man confides in his barber about an unusual encounter.