Once again tampering with mother nature to disastrous results, Dr. Herbert West continues his research while serving time in a maximum security prison for his previous exploits. West's limited prison-cell experiments are suddenly interrupted by the arrival of a new prison doctor and the brother of the girl who suffered from West's experiments 13 years earlier.
A young man is stood up at the altar. His overprotective mother decides to join him is what would have been his honeymoon, so as not to waste the trip. He ails while his mum enjoys the trip of her life.
Set in the mid-nineteenth century in the western U.S., five sheriffs are looking for a serial murderer who has terrorized the local population. Suspense and intrigue increases as the murderer remains faceless.
A child who ceases to be a child, a mother who goes away forever and a father who never stops possessing her, beyond life itself. THE HEN is a desire that persists in time, it is a devastating habit that degenerates to the point of turning into death. “The script, rather than being a rigorous adaptation, takes the story 'La Gallina' by Mercè Rodoreda as a sensorial reference, as a mood which one can hold onto. The film is an immersion to the symbolism of the story, it’s an adaptation that although it retains the main actions of the story, it’s especially interested in the high capacity of suggestion of the language. It's about creating a poetic universe itself, with its own visual language, at the border between dreaming and being awake and which could be able to frame a tragedy that often goes beyond reality.” Manel Raga
José has spent the last 8 years preparing the exams to become a civil servant in Spain. After his tests, he celebrates with friends and family, only to receive the news that he did not actually secure a place.
Carlos has a disease called "Fatal Familial Insomnia", which causes degenerative deterioration of his body and mind. An alternative cure is offered to him, which will unveil a story full of deception, pharmaceutical and political interests as well as an intense debate between life and death.
