Halley is an emotional character driven theatrical prose from Sebastian Hofmann. The Spanish zombie film takes a more compassionate approach to the story. It is an essay on the anguish experienced when the illusion of control over our bodies disappears. It is a contemporary gothic story that focuses on the helplessness of on man’s slow decay. Alberto’s condition offers a reflection of our mortality and the solitude of decay. The film had it’s US debut at Sundance and stars stars Alberto Trujilo, Hugo Albores and Luly Trueba. Check out the new trailer released for Halley below. Halley seeks to reassert the temporality of our bodies in a culture engaged in its collective denial. By means of fictional infomercials, and the gym culture Alberto lives in, the film will explore how we conceal the frailty of our condition as living beings underneath a pathological idealization of beauty. We will see human beings running, though never escaping, the more disquieting facts of their existence. The film’s name is a metaphorical reference to Halley’s Comet orbits the sun every 75 years; the only short-period comet plainly visible from Earth. Records of its existence can be found in Ancient Greek and Chinese writings. Halley has been an enduring witness of our cyclical history. The time that spans each of its visits is the average length of a human life.
Halley - International Trailer from La Suerte Divina on Vimeo.
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