La mujer murciélago
Mexico / 81 min / 1968 / fiction
in Spanish with English subtitles
Direction: René Cardona
Screenplay: Alfredo Salazar
Cinematography: Agustín Jiménez
Editing: Jorge Bustos
Producers: Guillermo Calderón
Cast: Maura Monti, Roberto Cañedo, Héctor Godoy
Outrageous comedy lives side-by-side with the addiction drama. But the viewer forgets this amongst the ridiculous and ribald series of jokes and situations that make up the world of the characters. And yet the romantic impulse behind Bionico's quest is hard to shake off even if it appears to be set in a world of squalor and pain. Regardless, each day brings a new opportunity, to make something of yourself, to show the world who you are, or to do drugs all day. The mockumentary format makes these contradictions even more explicit. - Jhon Hernandez
