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The drama tells the story of Alejandra, a young mother of
two, played by Ruth Ramos, whose boorish husband Angel,
portrayed by Jesus Meza, has an affair with her gay brother,
Fabian.
Their family triangle gets twisted further when the mysterious
Veronica arrives on the scene and introduces Alejandra and
Fabian to the octopus-like creature she is hooked on and
challenges them to embrace their animal instincts.
Mexican Escalante said the creature was a better way than crude
reality to embody the relationship people have with sex, seeking
its basic pleasures but also looking down on it as something
perverse.
"At the moment Mexico and many other parts in the world are in a
situation where you want to look for another answer to things
... because reality is too much in a way right now," the
37-year-old director told Reuters in an interview.
"Once you've encountered this thing that is scary and grotesque,
dirty, perhaps, it liberates you because maybe it is not what it
seems, maybe it's not so scary, it's actually freeing, it makes
you complete."
Ramos said doing nude scenes in front of so many people was not
easy at first, but she also cherished the experience of learning
how to move and match the special effects.
"The creature represents the subjectivity when talking about
love and sex," she said. "Some find it crude and ugly ... while
others like it."
Escalante, who received the Best Director prize in Cannes in
2013 for his drug war drama "Heli", said the idea for this movie
- his fourth - was again inspired by issues in Mexico, but while
others focus on crime and corruption, this one examines the
macho culture and homophobia.
"The movie tells a story that's pretty melodramatic, but also a
raw picture of reality ... the human reality between couples,
family relations ... and explores the possible liberation of
women in this society, and also men who cannot be what they
really are," he said.
"I believe a lot of Mexicans will identify with this film."
The drama is one of 20 U.S. and international movies vying for
the Golden Lion that will be awarded after days of screenings
and red carpet glamour on Venice's Lido island.
The festival ends on Sept. 10.
(Reporting by Agnieszka Flak and Sarah Mills; Editing by Alison
Williams)
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