creativity

Not all people are Happiness on Earth

By Jenny Alvarez

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I Am Happiness on Earth (Yo soy la felicidad de este mundo) by Mexican filmmaker Julián Hernández comes with a well structured cast by Hugo Catalán,Emiliano Arenales Osorio and Emilio von Sternerfels, beyond the point Julián mixes the objective reality with the processes of the artistic creation. The story centralizes in a group of male dancers, recording their defined, tight bodies in strong, energetic movements and soon forms an impassioned relationship with one of his subjects. Although the relationship is emotional, erotic and intense, Emiliano finds it impossible to remain faithful and enters into a series of sexual encounters with handsome street hustlers. Octavio, a wounded dancer but he refuses to acknowledge their relationship and is against gay marriage. Sometimes the characters dance through their roles and as they do, something magical happens to the viewer but there are another strong scenes full of sexual cores and nudity that would be justify if he power of betrayal and the melancholia in the main characters were more real. Even there is poetic romance; the real meaning is sad and tragic for the main characters in their lives. The exploration of the lack of love, sex, creativity, makes the result more controversial and clueless of the main Director’s message. As a viewer of independent movies this is the first time that I can’t defend a movie despite of all the stylistic elements that would have made it very well structured in the story.