Case Esparros

The atomic-bomb is about to be dropped on a small Texas town

A collage storybook retelling of the Jesus Christ story with Digital, Super 8, 16MM, and VHS, primarily set within a decaying and run-down world and divided into three acts. Accompanying the film's images is distilled church music provided by various noise artists. This is the first feature film from Los Angeles experimental filmmaker Case Esparros and was released in 2019.

chapter i: SOMETIMES I THINK WE ALL GO UP IN SMOKE -A woman longs for one joyful Halloween with her family, but the ghosts of her past ignite a flame within her that she cannot control chapter ii : HARMONY IN HYDROCHLORIC HOSPITAL -A lonely lumberjack forms an unexpected bond with a terminally ill orphan at the Hospital on Christmas Eve, finding comfort in each other and making a promise to share the holiday together. chapter iii: UNTIL THERE WAS NOTHING LEFT TO HEAR -Haunted by the final days of a failing relationship, a reclusive painter retreats to a motel after a bitter Valentine's Day fight to finish his masterpiece.

A single mother struggles with the grief of her missing child on the one-year anniversary of her disappearance, while her neighborhood milkman begins to feel a strong connection to her grief.