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Redintegrate the Pallargues-Каракол vagina,

Introduction

Redintegrate the Pallargues-Каракол vagina, is an audiovisual project made by students Laura Rigal, Laura Pera, Pol Mata and Gemma Belmonte, of University of Barcelona. Its story is simple: a woman experiences a purification, an emotional catharsis at the end of a journey through a very wide emotional range. The simple premise, heiress of ancient Greek dramas, has a small twist as it has a narrative structure that alternates between a physical and a psychic world. Inside the physical one, images are monochromatic and recorded specifically for the project. Inside the psychic world, images are found footage and work with a very symbolic and specific color code.

The final product is an exercise of construction of a brand new narrative with previously unrelated content as well as an exploration of the relationship established between the colors and the emotions and the effect that they may have on this new narrative. This color code is built upon a well-established investigation, supported by graphic design standards and symbolism. The contrast between the colorful imagery and the monochromatic scenes segregates the realities as it keeps material continuity to keep the flow of a story that otherwise would appear broken and dissociated.

Characters

There is only one character in the film, an anonymous woman portrayed by actress Adriana González. This character experiences an emotional catharsis which makes her feel uncontrolled sensations and emotions from her psyche. This character is not perfectly defined, as lacks an important role in the story. As a matter of fact, it doesn’t even have any text. As a matter of fact, it is a passive element of the emotional trip that overrules her and dooms her to be a slave of this narrative. She’s nothing but a puppet in this psychic, almost schizophrenic trip which she fails to control.

A deeper interpretation suggests that there is also a masculine character, seen only in found footage. Its meaning and importance in the story may be questioned and must not be seen as a character itself but as a source of conflict. This masculine figure is present in both the happy and the darker moments of the story. He is kind and happy when portrayed by Grace Kelly, Joseph Gordon-Levitt o Mickey mouse in the first part of the film and he is violent and menacing when portrayed by Jack Nicholson, Swan Lake’s Rothbart the Owl or Nosferatu in the second part. This suggests that the true nature of this masculine presence is to be a mere catalyst for the story. One should not consider it as a character. It is a passive element whose duty is to set the woman’s—the only true character— trip in motion.