MesmeroWatch list, 0 saved

Short film
Poster for Taprobana

Taprobana

2014 · 24 min

A surreal, scatological fever dream that provokes and amuses in equal measure, demanding patience for its wilful strangeness.

Directed by
Gabriel Abrantes
Genres
Comedy
Starring
Natxo Checa, Jani Zhao, Gabriel Abrantes
Overview
In this short comedy, Luis Vaz de Camoes, the greatest Portuguese renaissance poet, struggles creatively while engaging in a hedonistic, coprophagic, and drug addled lifestyle. The film follows the poet, and his lover Dinamene, as he writes his masterpiece, the epic poem "Os Lusiadas." He travels from the cacophony of the Indic jungles, surrounded by allegorical elephants and rhyming macaques, to the frontier of Heaven and Hell, where he is confronted by his fantasy: fame and immortality.

Your rating is saved. See your suggestions, or find titles like this one below.

Rate it, and Mesmero finds titles that feel like it. You do not need an account.

Search YouTube for a trailer

In the UKNo streaming, rental or purchase options known.
Directed by
Gabriel Abrantes
Genres
Comedy
Starring
Natxo Checa, Jani Zhao, Gabriel Abrantes
In your watch list

How it feels

Written by AI. It can be wrong.

Tone
  • absurdstrength 3 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
  • campystrength 2 of 3
  • eeriestrength 2 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • art
  • obsession
  • ambition
  • madness
  • identity
Places
  • wilderness
  • fantasy world
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language strong
  • Violence mild
  • Sex strong
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror3
Humour7
Realism3
Romance3
Tension3
Darkness6
Complexity7
Emotional weight4

More like this

Titles like Taprobana

Movie

Daaaaaalí!

2024

A playful, disorienting romp through surreal encounters that keeps you amused and slightly off-balance.

Absurd, satirical · about art and obsession · nonlinear

Via
  • absurd
  • satirical
  • art
  • obsession
  • nonlinear
Pacing
brisk
Attention
engaged
Runtime
78 min
Details
Daaaaaalí!Hidden from your suggestions.
Movie

The Forbidden Room

2015

A dizzying, dreamlike plunge into nested stories and surreal imagery that rewards close attention with a mix of wonder and disorientation.

Absurd, eerie · about obsession and madness · nonlinear

Via
  • absurd
  • eerie
  • obsession
  • madness
  • nonlinear
Pacing
brisk
Attention
demanding
Runtime
119 min
Details
The Forbidden RoomHidden from your suggestions.
Movie

The Phantom of Liberty

1974

A playful, perplexing puzzle of absurd sketches that keeps you off-balance and amused, never quite sure where it's going next.

Absurd, satirical · about identity · nonlinear

Via
  • absurd
  • satirical
  • identity
  • nonlinear
Pacing
measured
Attention
demanding
Runtime
104 min
Details
The Phantom of LibertyHidden from your suggestions.
Short film

The Rat Catcher

2023

A dry, stylized comedy with deadpan delivery and meticulous framing, making a simple tale feel oddly theatrical and amusing.

Absurd, satirical · about obsession

Via
  • absurd
  • satirical
  • obsession
Pacing
measured
Attention
engaged
Runtime
17 min
Details
The Rat CatcherHidden from your suggestions.
Movie

Reality

2015

It is a bizarre and inventive ride through the ridiculous world of artistic pretension.

Absurd, satirical · about art and ambition

Via
  • absurd
  • satirical
  • art
  • ambition
Pacing
brisk
Attention
engaged
Runtime
87 min
Details
RealityHidden from your suggestions.
Movie

I'm Skillful in Love and Pure Art

1999

A playful, talky patchwork of tall tales that feels like a bawdy literary joke told by unreliable raconteurs.

Absurd, satirical · about art and obsession · nonlinear

Via
  • absurd
  • satirical
  • art
  • obsession
  • nonlinear
Pacing
measured
Attention
engaged
Runtime
73 min
Details
I'm Skillful in Love and Pure ArtHidden from your suggestions.
Short film

The Hunchback

2016

A strange, deadpan fever dream that mixes corporate satire with medieval pageantry, leaving you unsettled and amused in equal measure.

Same director: Gabriel Abrantes · Absurd, satirical · about madness and identity · nonlinear

Also
Same director: Gabriel Abrantes
Via
  • absurd
  • satirical
  • madness
  • identity
  • nonlinear
Pacing
measured
Attention
demanding
Runtime
30 min
Details
The HunchbackHidden from your suggestions.
Movie

Holy Motors

2012

A surreal, dreamlike ride through shifting identities and bizarre performances that is inventive, unsettling, and strangely moving.

Absurd, eerie · about art and obsession · nonlinear

Via
  • absurd
  • eerie
  • art
  • obsession
  • nonlinear
Pacing
measured
Attention
demanding
Runtime
115 min
Details
Holy MotorsHidden from your suggestions.
Movie

Charm's Incidents

1996

A playful, disjointed drift through odd vignettes, more like watching poetry performed than following a story.

Absurd, satirical · about art and madness · nonlinear

Via
  • absurd
  • satirical
  • art
  • madness
  • nonlinear
Pacing
measured
Attention
engaged
Runtime
88 min
Details
Charm's IncidentsHidden from your suggestions.
Movie

Glory to the Filmmaker!

2007

A playful, self-mocking collage that drifts between genres, leaving you amused and occasionally baffled by its restless invention.

Absurd, satirical · about art and obsession · nonlinear

Via
  • absurd
  • satirical
  • art
  • obsession
  • nonlinear
Pacing
measured
Attention
engaged
Runtime
108 min
Details
Glory to the Filmmaker!Hidden from your suggestions.
Movie

Satyricon

1969

A surreal, decadent fever dream of ancient Rome, visually stunning but emotionally distant and often grotesque.

Absurd, satirical · about obsession and identity · nonlinear

Via
  • absurd
  • satirical
  • obsession
  • identity
  • nonlinear
Pacing
slow-burn
Attention
demanding
Runtime
129 min
Details
SatyriconHidden from your suggestions.
TV series

The Life and Movies of Erşan Kuneri

2022

A playful, joke-dense satire of filmmaking that feels like a chaotic, affectionate peek behind the camera.

Absurd, satirical · about art and ambition

Via
  • absurd
  • satirical
  • art
  • ambition
Pacing
brisk
Attention
engaged
Seasons
2
Details
The Life and Movies of Erşan KuneriHidden from your suggestions.

Where to watch in the UK

No UK streaming, rental or purchase options are known.

Streaming data from JustWatch.TMDB

Details

Genres
comedy
Directed by
Gabriel Abrantes
Written by
Gabriel Abrantes, David Lasantha, Vimukthi Jayasundara
Starring
Natxo Checa, Jani Zhao, Gabriel Abrantes, David Lasantha, Jõao Pedro Vale, Alexandre Melo, Gonçalo Pena, Édith Scob
Cinematography
Natxo Checa, Lakruan Withanage
Runtime
24 min
Country
Denmark, Portugal, Sri Lanka
Languages
French, Portuguese, Spanish

TMDBIMDbLetterboxdWikidata

Something wrong on this page? Tell us.