SHORT OF THE MONTH: PERPETUUM IMMOBILE

By Rubén Íñiguez Pérez

Directed by Marc Martí

Cast : María José Donzel, Marc Escrig

PERPETUUM IMMOBILE has a huge visual impact fed mainly from avant- gard  mute cinema. It also reminds of Spanish classics from the 90s as Nacho Cerdà’s Triology of Death or Jaume Balaguero’s Alicia. All works in which image is more powerful than the rest of the elements.

Shot in Super8 it is a minimalist film narratively and aesthetically speaking. Its purpose is to make the audience feel the nightmare. Marc Martí creates an atmosphere that takes you to that anguished feeling. It will make your hair stand on end in only 3 minutes…

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Rubén Íñiguez Pérez is a Spanish literature scholar. He has written different articles about horror cinema for several media and he is part of the headquarters of La Mano Film Festival.