Reminiscent of Kafka's Die Verwandlung, the life of a Puerto Rican family changes as they wake up one morning and find out that their oldest son and sole economic income has suffered a mutation and is transformed into a coqui.
Film interpretation of the story of the writer Luis Rafael Sánchez bearing the same name. A man and his wife have lost various children. When he learns his wife is pregnant again, he decides to murder her, fearing they would lose another child.
Combines animation, documentary footage, and hand-painted film as well as slide projections, a painted 12" x 24" backdrop, and sculptural palm tree to create a kaleidoscopic portrait of the Puerto Rican psyche.
