"Genesis" is a half-hour, 1998 short film written and directed by Spaniard Nacho Cerdà. I watched his film "Aftermath" before this as, according to IMDb, these two belong together. I have to say, "Genesis" is certainly the better of the two, so the director has shown some progress. Sadly, this is only because "Aftermath" is really a very very weak excuse for a film and not because his work here is good. Anyway, I am not too sure if it is a sequel anyway. The only real parallel I can see is that the main character is played by the same actor. Oh yeah and both films don't have any spoken dialog either. But the main character is working in other professions, has a wife in one and a dog in the other and there are just not really that many similarities I believe.
This film's biggest strength is probably that it's nicely atmospheric. However, 30 minutes is simply too long for the action depicted in here. 15 max would have been fine. It's a bit of style over substance. A widower mourns the death of his wife and tries to create her out of clay. As you can maybe guess from the title, he is successful in the end after initially there was nothing but a bleeding sculpture. Well. I guess he was already on the right track there. This film got quite some awards recognition, but I wonder why. Cerdà has not been too prolific since 2009, but he has some upcoming projects listed in his body of work, so it seems he is still in the industry. Hopefully these will show further improvement. About this one here, not recommended.
This film's biggest strength is probably that it's nicely atmospheric. However, 30 minutes is simply too long for the action depicted in here. 15 max would have been fine. It's a bit of style over substance. A widower mourns the death of his wife and tries to create her out of clay. As you can maybe guess from the title, he is successful in the end after initially there was nothing but a bleeding sculpture. Well. I guess he was already on the right track there. This film got quite some awards recognition, but I wonder why. Cerdà has not been too prolific since 2009, but he has some upcoming projects listed in his body of work, so it seems he is still in the industry. Hopefully these will show further improvement. About this one here, not recommended.