Love Potions

Speculative fiction essay film exploring themes of time, space, and desire. The film presents a kaleidoscope of characters, each in different locations and eras, all connected through the transformative power of love potions.

With diverse outcomes, including material research, a film script, and an essayistic short film, Love Potions delves into the complex interplay of affection and manipulation. It investigates love as both a form of deception and a chemical reaction, examining various love remedies, from the ancient Mexican use of Toloache (the highly toxic Datura stramonium plant) to contemporary “love drugs” like Ecstasy.

Love Potions received financial support from the AFK (Amsterdams Fonds voor de Kunst) and Amarte Fonds.

(Project in development, made in collaboration with artists Tyga Wijnhard, Viridiana Barbosa, Ｍario González-Solís and Daniela Pecont).