The Forbidden Gardens

A disorienting, darkly comic plunge into insomnia and delusion, where reality and fiction blur in a restless, uneasy night.

Directed by

Pablo Vázquez

Genres

Comedy, Drama

Starring

Olga Alamán, Belén Riquelme, Carlos Palencia

Overview

The film tells the story of an endless night with Alsa, a central character with insomnia and continuous delusions, while an impossible movie is shot behind her back. Mental illnesses, pills, the fear of the future and the present, suicide as an escape door to darkness, the mediocrity of the artist and the despair of Spain today and the obsessive search for endurance and infinity.

How it feels

Dark, absurd, melancholic and satirical. Slow-burning and demanding.

About

Madness, isolation, art, death

Content

Strong language. Mild violence, gore and sexual content.

Note

Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown

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