Tag: Julián Hernández

Director Julián Hernández returns with the erotic and thought-provoking short film ‘Cobalt’

Julián Hernández, the acclaimed Mexican filmmaker behind Raging Sun, Raging Sky, I Am Happiness on Earth and the recent Dekkoo release The Trace of Your Lips, is back with another emotional, thought-provoking and sexually-charged short film classic.

Reuniting with actor Luis Vegas, who was featured in The Trace of Your Lips, the 21-minute Cobalt finds Hernández examining the tricky relationship between a talented photographer and his most mysterious model.

Though Uriel, the photographer, has not heard from Damián, his alluring muse, in quite some time, he’s quick to come to his aid after receiving an emergency phone call in the middle of the night.

Damián, who has been earning money on the streets, sustained serious injuries during a rough hook-up with a client. Now it’s up to Uriel to nurse him back to health – all while wondering how deep their relationship actually goes.

The film flashes back to different points in the pair’s history, explaining how they met outside of a porn theater and formed a working relationship that evolved into a passionate, though largely undefined, romantic entanglement.

Though we get glimpses into Uriel’s thoughts via voiceover narration, the relationship between the two men mostly plays out wordlessly. Hernández lets the actor’s eyes and bodies do most of the talking – while the tense score and Hitchcockian cinematography warn us of the dangers ahead.

Gorgeously composed and acted with incredible grace and beauty by the two leads, Cobalt offers an intimate examination of a bruising romance – and it’s almost impossible to look away.

Watch the trailer for Cobalt below. The short film is now streaming on Dekkoo. Also make sure to check out Vegas and Hernández’s other recent collaboration, The Trace of Your Lips – available now.

Visionary filmmaker Julián Hernández is back with the sexually-charged ‘The Trace of Your Lips’

Set in Mexico during the height of the pandemic, The Trace of Your Lips follows Román, a B-movie actor who finds himself isolated in his apartment with the entire world on edge. His neighbor Aldo, an indigenous young man, is an essential worker who is allowed by the authorities to come and go as needed.

Though they live across from each other in an apartment complex, the two men first get to know one another online. While they start to talk and see one another in video calls, they can’t meet in person. Eventually, however, the temptation to break out of their lockdown conditions proves too much to bear.

Suspenseful and surreal in all the best ways, The Trace of Your Lips is the newest feature from visionary filmmaker Julián Hernández, the acclaimed director behind I Am Happiness on Earth, A Thousand Clouds of Peace and Raging Sun, Raging Sky.

Featuring captivating lead performances, the film simmers with sexual tension – and explosive release – while portraying a very real moment in recent history that plays out almost like a dystopian sci-fi film.

Watch the trailer for The Trace of Your Lips below. The film is now streaming on Dekkoo.