Rabioso sol, rabioso cielo

In his latest film, Julián Hernández portrays love as an epic act of martyrdom in which redemption and fulfilment can only be found in the afterlife. This new work tells the story of two men, Kieri and Ryo, and their unquestioning love for each other. The absoluteness of this love gives meaning to their lives. But their mutual devotion is not to last – Ryo is abducted and, as a result, Kieri must now embark upon a mysterious journey. Unbeknown to him, it is “Corazón del cielo”, or heaven’s heart herself that leads and protects the lovers on their quest and spurs on Kieri’s longing.
Escape, searching and waiting are the stages of Ryo’s lonely journey which ends in his death, while Kieri, desperate to find his beloved, agrees to sacrifice his body to bring about Ryo’s resurrection. When they die, “Corazón del cielo” guides the earth to cover them, so that new life can spring from their demise. United in death, Ryo and Kieri return to life through myth – for heaven does not forget those capable of unconditional love.
RAGING SUN, RAGING SKY is a mythical gay romance depicting love as an ancestral epic, an archetypical ordeal where loss and death are but inevitable stages along the bittersweet odyssee to attaining absolute bliss. It is the story of two men, Kieri and Ryo, whose love transcends time and space. They love in the present continuous of an eternity dictated by the very essence of their raison d'être. But into their mutual devotion enters Tari, a lonely lover that comes between them, sending Kieri on a mystic journey where he encounters defeat, sacrifice, fusion, and resurrection. The film is a reflection on living through the act of loving.
Julián Hernández's second feature film, EL CIELO DIVIDIDO (BROKEN SKY), screened at the Berlinale, in 2006. His first feature film with the longest title ever, MIL NUBES DE PAZ CERCAN ELCIELO, AMOR, JAMÁS ACABARÁS DE SER AMOR (A THOUSAND CLOUDS OF PEACE...), won the TEDDY AWARD at the 53rd Berlinale. Hernández continues to expand the language of narrative cinema with his visually stunning, contemplative, and very personal films.