Dreams, Desires, And Divine Monsters

Yann Gonzalez's debut, By The Kiss, sets the tone right away: a woman (Kate Moran) has a series of fleeting encounters with strangers, each kiss marking a growing passion but also increasing desperation. Desire turns into obsession, ecstasy into devastation. Light and darkness, joy and sorrow are closely intertwined. In Land Of My Dreams, Bianca finds her mother again after many years and dances on the street for her from then on. In Islands, all characters (whether human or monster) are connected by their hunger for sexual excitement and appreciative love. And until Hideous, the journey only becomes more musical and bloodier, but no less longing and obscure. (dhe)

© Land of my Dreams (Yann Gonzalez)