Original title : Al morir la matinée
Country : Uruguay
Year : 2021
Run time : 1hr26
Version : in Spanish, subtitled in French
Rating : +16
Director : Maximiliano Contenti
Producers: Maximiliano Contenti, Alina Kaplan, Lucia Gaviglio
Scenario: Manuel Facal
Actors: Ricardo Islas, Luciana Grasso, Franco Duran
Sales : Reel Suspects
Filmography : Puppet Pal V (2008)
On a rainy day in the early 1980s, people slowly trickle into a cinema in Montevideo to see yet another Frankenstein adaptation. But a bloodthirsty killer has slipped in among them.
Maximiliano Contenti’s film is not a contemporary variation of the slasher, but a glowing tribute – a brilliant celebration of the horror subgenre based on the premise of lambs to the slaughter. The film’s intentionally slow pace and its carefully crafted characters – endearing, sometimes annoying – form the perfect setting in which each murder becomes a jubilant act, a showcase of blood.
