Figuras de la pasión(1984)

Figuras de la pasión is a surrealist film structured as interconnected episodes set in a jail and on a theatrical stage. Drawing inspiration from Dogville's minimalist aesthetic, the film weaves together poetry, political testimony, and religious discourse through a cast of everyday characters and biblical figures—Judas, the Virgin Mary, laborers, homosexuals, and drag queens. The result is a provocative meditation on faith, identity, and social hierarchy. The film's unflinching approach to its subject matter sparked controversy; right-wing groups and scholars successfully campaigned to have it banned for years, a suppression that only underscores its power as a work of artistic dissent.