Contracuerpo
Nov 25, 2005 | IMDB 6.1
17 min Watch NowDrama
Part of the trilogy "A Contraluz", three short films by Eduardo Chapero-Jackson completed with "Lightborne" (2007) and "The End" (2008). Premiered in official selection at Venice and pre-selected for the Oscars, this film whose main character is Macarena Gomez, tells the story of a young woman, obsessed with her appearance, who tries to become a mannequin.
MOVIE COMMENTS
SIMILAR MOVIES
Belly
I'm Here
The Accountant
Bunny
The Killers
The Big Shave
The Sheep Thief
Bluebeard
Two Men and a Wardrobe
Tramway
Two Cars, One Night
The Pact
Soldier's Home
Midnight Clear
Nani
Sacrificing the Few for the Many
The Musketeers of Pig Alley
Johnny Lingo
Drive Carefully, Darling
Blacksmithing Scene
SIMILAR MOVIES
Belly
IMDB 8 | Jan , 1996
I'm Here
IMDB 7.2 | Mar , 2010
A library assistant plods through an ordinary life in LA until a chance meeting opens his eyes to the power of creativity and ultimately, love. When this new life and love begin to fall apart, he discovers he has a lot to give. This short film proves that ordinary is no place to be.The Accountant
IMDB 7 | Jan , 2001
The O'Dell farm is on the rocks. A non-traditional accountant comes with a variety of ways to save the farm.Bunny
IMDB 6.6 | Nov , 1998
Bunny, an elderly rabbit who uses a walker, is in her kitchen one night baking a cake. A photograph from her wedding day is on her wall. A pesky and persistent moth bangs about the kitchen. She shoos it outside, turns off the porch light, and returns to her baking. The moth finds its way back into the kitchen, she bats it with a wooden spoon, and it falls into the mix. She stirs it up, pours the batter into a pan, and pops it into the oven. But the moth isn't done: it has a different mission, turning the oven into a portal, and inviting Bunny on a voyage of reunion.The Killers
IMDB 6.1 | Jan , 1956
The Killers is a 1956 student film by the Soviet and Russian film director Andrei Tarkovsky and his fellow students Marika Beiku and Aleksandr Gordon. The film is based on the short story "The Killers" by Ernest Hemingway, written in 1927. It was Tarkovsky's first film, produced when he was a student at the State Institute of Cinematography.The Big Shave
IMDB 6.9 | Dec , 1967
A young man walks into a meticulously clean and sterile bathroom and proceeds to shave away hair, then skin, in an increasingly bloody and graphic bathroom scene.The Sheep Thief
IMDB 5.3 | May , 1997
A young boy gets caught stealing a sheep and is shaved of all his hair and branded with a mark on his forehead so that everyone will know that he is a thief and not to be trusted. Dumped in the desert, the thief covers his marking with a headscarf and goes to the nearest village where he is taken in by a trusting family in return for his work. However, has be actually changed or is he still the same thief at heart?Bluebeard
IMDB 6.3 | Jul , 1901
A young woman becomes the eighth wife of the wealthy Bluebeard, whose first seven wives have died under mysterious circumstances.Two Men and a Wardrobe
IMDB 6.4 | Apr , 1958
The film features two men who emerge from the sea carrying a large wardrobe, which they proceed to carry into a town.Tramway
IMDB 6 | Jan , 1966
A boy leaves a party and gets on a passenger tram. Aboard, he shyly watches a girl, who soon falls asleep.Two Cars, One Night
IMDB 6.7 | Jun , 2004
Sometimes first love is found in the most unlikely of places, like in the carpark outside the Te Kaha pub.The Pact
IMDB 5.1 | Jan , 2011
A young woman finds herself alone in the house of her late mother where an unsettling and sinister presence emerges. Short, remade full length in 2012.Soldier's Home
IMDB 6 | Apr , 1977
Harold Krebs went off to fight in World War I, "the war to end all wars." But when he comes home, Harold finds that he doesn't fit in any more. He needs peace and quiet to figure out what has happened to him and who he has become, but his mother pressures him to rejoin society.Midnight Clear
IMDB 9.5 | Nov , 2005
A middle-aged loser and a lonely old woman separately contemplate suicide on Christmas Eve. After several strangers inadvertently interrupt their attempts, they cross paths in a surprising and dramatic way and change each other's lives forever.Nani
IMDB 6 | Feb , 2012
Oscar got caught spraying graffiti. Now doing community service at a nursing home, he meets Isabel who is suffering from dementia. At 84 years old, Isabel may be a little old school, but soon the entire block is covered with her pink tag.Sacrificing the Few for the Many
IMDB 5.7 | Mar , 2008
This is one of the four "animated comics" taking place in the same universe as the film "I Am Legend". In the early stages of the KV Pandemic, a refugee camp has been opened somewhere in central America, and is taking in patients infected with Krippin Virus for treatment. As a young boy and girl watch from the outskirts of the camp, a military convoy arrives.The Musketeers of Pig Alley
IMDB 6.2 | Oct , 1912
A man recognizes the thief who had previously robbed him as one of the men involved in an unrelated mob shootout.Johnny Lingo
IMDB 6 | Jan , 1969
Johnny Lingo, one of the sharpest traders in the south pacific islands decides to bargain for a wife, and offers a record price of eight cows for Mahana, a plain girl who shuns contact. This causes quite a sensation on the island. A year later Johnny and his wife return for the first time since the marriage, and all find that something miraculous has occurred to Mahana. Johnny explains that by paying eight cows he proved that she was worth more to him than any other woman on the island. He gave her a great gift, that of self-worth.Drive Carefully, Darling
IMDB 0 | Jan , 1975
An exhortation to drivers to pay attention to road safety. In just 15 minutes, John Krish manages to give this road safety film something new and different by presenting events not from the point of view of the driver, but of his brain, memory and ego, who operate from a rather camp technology-driven command centre.Blacksmithing Scene
IMDB 5.6 | May , 1893
Three men hammer on an anvil and pass a bottle of beer around. Notable for being the first film in which a scene is being acted out.