Isabel Faints!

Jac’s birthday party was a great success. Not all the invited people were able to make it. One glaring absence was Mila. We still don’t know why she didn’t make it. Bea was present, she spent a good part of the time talking with Jac and they discussed the possibility of her taking the leading role in Maleficarum II. She’s not committed yet, but she did make a point that she can use some convincing. She’ll begin preparing for her role in Cage beginning this week. She was also wondering if The Passion was festival worthy.

It was interesting to see Danielle and Bea together for the first time. They know each other, the world of filmmaking here is very small, they crossed paths before, but they never worked together. They will share their suffering now.

One surprise came next day when Carmen called Jac from France, they talked for about three hours, maybe more. It was the first time in many years that the creators of Red Feline talked to each other. They had some e mail exchanges from time to time, that’s all. One issue that came in the conversation was if Carmen would be interested in working in a movie Jac was considering doing in the US. She said no. She’s into something totally different, acting with her theatre company, doing very well and without much time for outside projects. So, that was that. Jac noticed that Carmen hadn’t changed at all. He told her that. Her response was “I’m keeping my youth… considering that I’m 40”.

It was past one in the morning in France when they ended their conversation. Jac had mixed feelings. He was very happy he talked to Carmen after all those years, he was very sad that she didn’t want to work on film, and he was left with a strange sweet and sour feeling from the entire conversation. I told him Never Say Never. But as far as Carmen is concerned, working in films with Jac will not happen.

5.- BARBAZUL – 138 points

BARBAZUL continues to hold its place as well. The film made it to festivals, one in Las Vegas, and received great reviews, particularly because of Jac’s acting:

Barbazul (a contraction of Barba Azul, Bluebeard in Spanish) is interpreted by Jac Avila, terrifying to perfection, mixing Landru by his seductions (charming his prey), with an Albert DeSalvo side (the Boston Strangler, who killed a dozen women during the years 1962/1964). He manages to give body to a poor soul, after all, whose life is centered in habits. routines as when he uses the same procedure when seducing each woman. Bluebeard is primarily subject to his desires, usually sexual, where he shows a taste for sadomasochism. He ends inexorably strangling his victim when he is upset by her. This can range from a simple difference of opinión, to a refusal to obey him. Barbazul is a sex maniac whose deviance seems to have no limit, sometimes indulging in necrophilia
From a review by Philippe Chouvel Published in Sueurs Froides on August 7, 2014 (Translated from French) http://www.sueursfroides.fr/critique/barbazul-2964