Desert Cathedral

In this film based on a true story, real-estate agent Peter Collins, who has a beautiful wife, Annah, a daughter and a house, leaves a VHS tape at work with his statement and heads off to the desert. He parks in the middle of nowhere, hooks up the exhaust to the car’s interior and starts the car. When his suicide attempt fails, Peter tries again, meanwhile recording something akin to a confession and spiritual testimonial. Annah hires a private detective to bring Peter home, for whom the job becomes a cause for reflection on his own life. Is this a banal story about a yuppie weary of chasing the American Dream? Director Travis Gutierrez Senger mixes the plot with his own emotions. By experimenting with form, he creates an unsettling narrative about someone who wants to end his life at any cost.