The spring opera of the New Zealand director Michael Shanks is a horror body that plays with the idea that every person needs to be completed by another.
After generating noise at the Sundance Festival, “Together ”this Thursday arrives at the country’s cinemas. It is a black comedy that merges with romance and body horror (body horror), a subgenre of terror. The actors Alison Brie and Dave Francowho are married to real life, embody this story that plays with the idea that every person has to meet “their other half.”
The Prima Opera of the New Zealand director Michael Shanks It focuses on Millie and Tim, a couple who not only accumulates years, but also problems. But in the midst of darkness (and comfort) a light appears: a new life on the outskirts of the city. As if it were a romantic cliché, They take refuge in the idea that an air change will help them cover their cracks and thus get their relationship again as before.
While Millie adapts to her new work as a primary school (the main reason why they move), Tim realizes that, regardless of where she is, she cannot escape her problems: a depression that drags family and a disagreement with her present professional. However, When everything seemed lost, After a failed walk through the forests of his new neighborhood, Almost as if they were thirsty for each other, the couple cannot separate. Literally.
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“Together”: when co -dependence becomes extreme and dark
According to Plato’s androgynous myth, Human beings were originally double and powerful beings. They were punished by their superb when divided by Zeus, which generated a separation and the creation of the “other half.” Love, according to this myth, is the constant search for that other lost part to recover the original unity and happiness.
In an era where commitment and labels are escaped, believing that a human being needs to be completed by another may seem outdated; However, there are those who still support this idea. The reality is that the extremes are not good. Neither in life nor in love. For a reason that they do not know, Millie and Tim cannot distance themselves with each other.
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With an intensity similar to that of “the substance” (2024), This Body Horror becomes explicit and impressionist. This relationship is reunited through the skin. But this time, with a magnetism that they cannot break, their bodies only want one thing: to join each other. The film not only points to reflection, but also that it seeks to laugh at the boundaries between love and codependence. How will Millie and Tim to cope with this situation? Actually, the question should be another: why did they get to this point in their relationship? Does an inseparable couple have a return point?
In a year where terror is monitored from the cinemas billboard, appears “Together” to bother the codependent couples through the subgenre of terror that deforms the bodies. Is the only way to portray romantic extremes is to do it with the impressionism of body horror? At the moment, yes.
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“Together” (2025). Address: Michael Shanks. Gender: Terror. Cast: Dave Franco and Alison Brie. Duration: 102 minutes.
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