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Aftermath (1994)

Aftermath poster
Directed by
Nacho Cerdà
Genre
short film, horror film, silent film
Country
Spain
Runtime
31 min
Rated
R
Rating
5.5 of 10 from 236 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A morgue worker performs acts of mutilation and necrophilia on a female corpse. The film has no dialogue and follows his actions in a detached, observational manner.

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What happens

Aftermath is a 1994 Spanish horror short film written and directed by Nacho Cerdà. It stars Pep Tosar, Jordi Tarrida, Ángel Tarris, and Xevi Collellmir. The film contains no spoken dialogue and follows an unnamed morgue worker, played by Tosar, as he mutilates and has sex with the dead body of a woman named Marta. It is the middle installment in a thematic trilogy of short films by Cerdà, being preceded by The Awakening in 1991 and followed by Genesis in 1998. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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