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Diego Luna, Guillermo Del Toro Enthuse About Mexican Cartoonist Jis In Guadalajara Biodoc ‘Mollusk’ From Mauricio Bidault
Bowing at the Guadalajara Film Festival, ‘Mollusk’ chronicles the life and times of storied Mexican graphic artist José Ignacio Solórzano.
Alongside steadfast friend and peer Trino Camacho, Jis shot to fame when the pair released a series of daring comics, “El Santos,” a collection of whacked-out narratives that featured graphic sex, drugs and quotidian minutiae. Amassing a cult following, the narratives were later turned into an acerbic animated film “El Santos contra la Tetona Mendoza,” that aired in 2012, with Guillermo del Toro and Cheech Marin contributing their voices to the project that went on to screen at Annecy the following year. Perhaps one of the most affecting scenes in the documentary comes as Jis and Trino reminisce about their success over a bottle of wine, their eyes wide, genuine smiles draped from one ear to the next, while ruminating on their fruitful partnership and just how astonishing it is that their dark humor connected to such large audiences.
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