“My Skin, Luminous is written and directed by Gabino Rodríguez, in collaboration with TIFF alumnus Nicolás Pereda. Variously incorporating themes of education, environmental sovereignty, and spiritual rites, the provocative, absurdist film is composed of material ostensibly shot for the Ministry of Education in a rural school in Mexico's Michoacán state. Inspired by ideas from cult writer Mario Bellatin (who appears in the film), My Skin, Luminous beguilingly drifts into the realm of the oneiric as it narrates the story of a young boy's troubled adoption. Enigmatic and deceptively playful in tone, the film boldly transforms the mundane into fantasy, acting as a meditation on the double-edged nature of rituals and childhood (cleansing, humiliation, rebirth); on race; and on water as both symbol and metaphor.”
MY SKIN, LUMINOUS / MI PIEL, LUMINOSA
A film by Nicolás Pereda and Gabino Rodríguez
(Mexico/Canada, 2019, 40 min. In Spanish with English subtitles)
