Jag känner mig verkligen upprymd av denna recension av “The Wedding Cake” av den spanska sajten Animación para adultos! Den gör mig glad inte bara för dess viktiga innehåll utan också för det mycket höga betyget jag fick: 8.5/10!

Jag vill än en gång tacka både Mikael Moiner för fotot och Adriana Rosati, som tog hand om scenografin, båda rättvist framhävda i recensionen. Kortfilmen kommer att visa online denna vecka på den fantastiska FICC – Festival de Cine de Cartagena.

Här är en översättning av texten från spanska till engelska:

The Wedding Cake narrates the drama of a woman who is forced into prostitution to avoid the jail that awaits her if she does not pay the debts of her husband, who has run away and left her alone with her two children. The shocking story is illustrated with Playmobil figurines, so a huge contrast is created between the innocence and inexpressiveness of the photos and the harshness of the narrative. There is, on the other hand, a brilliant staging, such as the wedding cake-childbirth scene, and the one that shows the inhuman prostitution sessions to which the protagonist was subjected.
The short also raises the debate on whether or not this can be considered animation, because although it uses a shooting technique identical to that of stop-motion with figurines, the slowness with which it moves from one frame to another prevents the illusion of movement from being created. I do believe that it is animation, a kind of slow and experimental stop-motion, but I understand that there are those who do not agree. In any case, inviting this reflection on its nature is just one of the many valuable aspects of The Wedding Cake, although the main one is its denunciation of the women trafficking networks, a scourge of contemporary society against which we must keep on fighting. Continue reading →