Animalia Paradoxa 2024
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The list of fantastic, mythical animals compiled by Carl Linnaeus in his seminal 18th century work Systema Naturae could well be the seed of Niles Atallah’s Animalia Paradoxa – an eccentric tale set in a post-apocalyptic world that follows a strange creature struggling to survive. Dressed in rags and a gas mask, moving like an alien dancer, Animalia roams through an abandoned building – crawling and stretching across concrete, plastic, waste. She laboriously carries and fills up an array of empty bottles to enjoy a modest bath. The camera eye lingers on her with compassion and explores the architectures of trash at an agonising pace. We know in our hearts that Animalia is a human-amphibian longing for the sea…
- Released: 2024-01-25
- Runtime: 80 minutes
- Genre: Science Fiction
- Stars: Andrea Gómez
- Director: Niles Atallah, Catalina Vergara, Matías Illanes, Niles Atallah, Mayra Morán
