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VENUS REBIRTH

During an excursion, a man encounters a strange plant, the only one to have sprouted in a barren desert. Drawn to it, he decides to take it home.
The plant grows rapidly, releasing intoxicating substances that distort his perception and desire. Gradually, the man begins to mate with it, until he loses all autonomy and becomes its slave.

  • Domiziano Cristopharo
    Director
    House of Flesh Mannequins, Xpiation, Red Krokodil
  • Domiziano Cristopharo
    Writer
  • Domiziano Cristopharo
    Producer
  • Domiziano Cristopharo
    Key Cast
    fantasticherie, erotik2, museum fo wonders
  • Genres:
    Horror, scifi, porn
  • Runtime:
    12 minutes 12 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    June 22, 2024
  • Country of Origin:
    Spain
  • Country of Filming:
    Spain
  • Shooting Format:
    digital full HD
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No

  • Spain
Director Biography - Domiziano Cristopharo

Master of Arts, graduated in Ecclesiastical Decoration and Interior Design from I.S.A. Roma 2, and in Scenography (with a thesis on film direction) from the Academy of Fine Arts of Rome, with top marks.
Domiziano Cristopharo is one of the most representative figures of Italian independent extreme and experimental cinema.

Founder and curator of the festival The Optical Theatre, a platform devoted to visionary and research-driven cinema, Cristopharo focuses his artistic language on horror, eroticism, and the body as a space of artistic and identity expression.

Throughout his career, he has collaborated with internationally renowned figures such as Ruggero Deodato, Carlo De Mejo, Giovanni Lombardo Radice, Mariagrazia Cucinotta, Lynn Lowry, Lucio A. Rojas, and Venantino Venantini.
As a special effects artist, he has also worked with Romano Scavolini, Alessandro Capone, and Krzysztof Zanussi.

His film Red Krokodil achieved theatrical distribution in Italy, critical acclaim, and a David di Donatello nomination, later reaching the U.S. market.
He directed Nightmare Symphony (2022), the official reboot of Lucio Fulci’s Cat in the Brain, written by Antonio Tentori and featuring music by Fabio Frizzi.
In 2017, he produced and supervised the FX for American Guinea Pig: Sacrifice, distributed worldwide by Unearthed Films.

In 2022, the University of Amsterdam hosted a special screening and roundtable on his film La Perdición, within the academic event “Staging Gender: Sexuality and Embodiment On Stage across Geopolitical Borders.”
In 2024, he stars alongside Lamberto Bava and Fabio Frizzi in the documentary Il Giro dell’Horror.

Together with Dr. Cristo Gil Díaz, he created the first and only documentary about necrophilia in art, featuring Nacho Cerdà (Aftermath), Mark Reeder (Nekromantik 2), and Nico Claux (“the Vampire of Paris”).
The project is supported by the Research Center CUCRA (Cultura Urbana y Creación Audiovisual) of the University of La Laguna (Tenerife) and by the cultural platform Sui Generis in Madrid.

His works have received multiple awards at Fantafestival, Nightmares Film Festival (USA), and Sadique Master (France).
He has been featured in specialized magazines such as Écran Fantastique and WIRED, both acknowledging his pioneering role in reviving Italian genre cinema.

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