Aftermath
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.
Plot
A woman named Marta Arnau Marti dies in a car crash after accidentally running over a dog. An orderly wheels Marta's body into a morgue drawer, past a mourning couple, to whom a nurse gives a crucifix necklace. The orderly overhears two workers performing autopsies on a pair of male bodies, looks in on them out of curiosity, and leaves when one of the morticians (who is disturbingly enthused by his duties) glares at him. The morticians complete their work on the dead men, and while one leaves, the other remains and brings in Marta's body.
More details
| author | Nacho Cerdà |
|---|---|
| director | Nacho Cerdà |
| editor | Raul Almanzan |
| events | necrophilia |
| genre | horror |
| keywords | autopsy car crash disturb eat fondle mourn run |
| musicBy | Mark Cowling |
| producer | Nacho Cerdà |
| productionCompany | Waken Productions |
| recordedAt | Spain |
| theme | death exploitation independent short splatter |