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110 Ratings

VIDEOPHILIA (AND OTHER VIRAL SYNDROMES)

Videofilia (y otros síndromes virales)

Directed by Juan Daniel Fernández Molero
Peru, 2015
Drama
  • 109109 minutes

Synopsis

Luz, a teenage misfit who spends her time slacking and experimenting with drugs and cybersex, meets Junior online, an amateur porn dealer on a delusional journey regarding the end of the world and other conspiracy theories. Once they meet in the “real world”, unusual events start to unfold.

Synopsis

Luz, a teenage misfit who spends her time slacking and experimenting with drugs and cybersex, meets Junior online, an amateur porn dealer on a delusional journey regarding the end of the world and other conspiracy theories. Once they meet in the “real world”, unusual events start to unfold.

Our take

This psychedelic journey through Peruvian popular youth culture, which won the Tiger award at the Rotterdam Film Festival, uses digitally distorted imagery to create a subtly political and aesthetically bizarre viewing experience. Prepare to dive deep into the perverse hollows of the internet.