El eslabón podrido (2015)
Release Year: 2015
Nation: Argentina
Alternative Title: Rotten, Çürük Bağ, The Rotten Link
Director: Valentín Javier Diment
Writer: Germán Val, Martín Blousson, Sebastián Cortés, Valentín Javier Diment
Production & Genre
Producer: executive producer: Daniel Botti
producer: Valentín Javier Diment
line producer: Matias Famulari
assistant producer: Shirly Podhorzer
Companies: Películas V
Budget: N/A
Awards & Similar
Awards:
Similar: N/A
Keywords
Keywords: bloody violence, brother sister incest, directed by cast member, female frontal nudity, female rear nudity, incest, male frontal nudity, male rear nudity, mental retardation, older brother younger sister relationship, prostitute, prostitution, pun in title, retarded man, sex from behind, sex with brother, sex with sister, sister seduces brother, three word title, violence
Story
In the isolated countryside village of El eslabón podrido, Raulo, a mentally challenged lumberjack in his fifties, lives with his elderly mother Ercilia and younger sister Roberta. Ercilia is a senile witch doctor who harbors a dark prophecy: if Roberta sleeps with every man in town except Sicilio, she will be cast out and die. Roberta, the village's beloved prostitute, has thus far abstained from being intimate with Sicilio due to his wife's jealousy. As Ercilia's death approaches, her warnings become more insistent.
Summary
El eslabón podrido is a 2015 Spanish drama-horror film directed by Valentín Javier Diment. Set in a remote village of just twenty houses, the story revolves around the complex and sometimes morbid relationships between its inhabitants. The narrative explores themes of love, lust, jealousy, and familial bonds, all entwined with a supernatural element through Ercilia's prophecy. The film is notable for its exploration of these dark themes within a seemingly idyllic rural community.
