Development - SPANISH-ARGENTINE - Horror - 95 minutes
A CHILD LIVES AS A PRISONER AND TIED WITH A BRAID TO HIS SISTER WHO DIED AT BIRTH. THE MOTHER IS A WITCH WHO GAVE BIRTH TO THEM TO CAST SPELLS AND BLACK MAGIC UPON THEM.
Year of production : 2024 Director(s) : Gonzalo CALZADA Writer(s) : Gonzalo CALZADA
ANSELMO IS A 13-YEAR-OLD BOY SUFFERING FROM HEMOPHILIA, A DISEASE THAT LEADS HIM TO LIVE AT HOME UNDER THE OBSESSIVE CARE OF HIS MOTHER. HIS LIFE IS LONELY AND HIS RESTLESS SPIRIT FINDS REFUGE IN BOOKS, ESPECIALLY MYSTERY STORIES. HE DREAMS OF BEING A DETECTIVE WHEN HE GROWS UP AND HIS HERO IS SHERLOCK HOLMES THE HORMONAL CHANGES HE GOES THROUGH SHARPEN HIS SENSES AND IN THAT CONFINEMENT, HE BEGINS TO BE TORMENTED BY GHOSTS THAT COME TO HIS ROOM DURING THE NIGHTS TO LOOK FOR HIM TO UNTIE THEM FROM A BRAID THAT HOLDS THEM CAPTIVE. ENCOURAGED TO INVESTIGATE THE ANSELM MYSTERY, HE WILL DISCOVER THAT THE APPARITIONS HAVE TO DO WITH A LITTLE GIRL WHO LIVES CAPTIVE IN THE HOUSE NEXT DOOR, WHOM HIS MOTHER USES TO PERFORM BLACK MAGIC. THE COMMUNICATION BETWEEN THEM MAKES HIM LIVE THE EXPERIENCE OF HAVING A FRIEND FOR THE FIRST TIME, NOT FEELING ALONE. TRYING TO FREE HIS PARTNER FROM HIS VIOLENT MOTHER, HE WILL DISCOVER THAT THERE ARE MORE CONNECTIONS BETWEEN THEM THAN HE SUSPECTS. WITCHCRAFT AND HORROR WILL GRADUALLY GROW AND EACH DISCOVERY HE MAKES WILL INEVITABLY PUSH HIM FORWARD, LEADING HIM TO RETHINK THE WHOLE WORLD HE BELIEVES HE LIVES IN.ANSELMO FINDS THAT HE DOES NOT REALLY HAVE ANY DISEASE. BUT LIVES AS A PRISONER AND TIED WITH A BRAID TO THAT GIRL WHO IS ACTUALLY HIS SISTER. COMMUNICATION BETWEEN THEM IS GIVEN BY BEING BOUND BY A CURSE TO THAT STRING OF HAIR. ANSELMO DISCOVERS THAT HIS MOTHER IS ACTUALLY THE SAME WITCH WHO IS HOLDING THEM BOTH CAPTIVE. THE WOMAN KEPT HIM DECEIVED SINCE HE WAS BORN AND AT NIGHT SHE EXTRACTED BLOOD FROM HIM TO PERFORM HER SPELLS. ANSELMO UNMASKS HIS MOTHER AND SHE TIES HIM TO THE BED. ANSELMO AND HIS SISTER MUST FIND A WAY TO BREAK THE CURSE OF THAT BRAID THAT KEEPS THEM TIED UP AND LOOK FOR THE WAY OUT BEFORE THEY KILL THEM. FINALLY, ANSELMO SUCCEEDS, BUT IN HIS ESCAPE, HE DISCOVERS THAT HIS SISTER HAS ALWAYS BEEN DEAD
Country(ies) : ARGENTINA Financing plan : INCAA founds Start of shooting : January 2023
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