BITCH
Directed by Mónica G. Carter
Written by Ambika Subra
“If you’re seeing this, stop scrolling and fix your posture. You look like a fucking croissant.”
Synopsis:Private social clubs, Ubers, Instagram, TikTok, the pressures of a metropolitan city… “E” is an outcast amidst it all, haunted by a past of bullying and societal abuse. From the shadows, she watches and listens, enacting a plan in which she uses her powers as a nagual to inspire humans to act better… or rather, to act like dogs. Her victims slowly lose their human mannerisms and are inspired into a creature-like empathy.
A glitch occurs in E’s plan when she falls into friendship with another outsider named Margret, who’s crafting her own solution for how humanity can be saved. The two share a deep bond, making them both question their core beliefs. As E and Margret’s friendship grows, E sees her plan unravel past her control, especially since she’s hiding how one of her primary targets is Margret’s sister.
In a final test of faith, Margret learns the truth of humanity, and E has to decide between her friendship and her vendetta against the world.
With the feature film BITCH, as a development tool and as pre-marketing, Tocaya will host “Interventions” across the world in Paris, Tokyo, London, Los Angeles, Santiago, Mexico City, and more. It’s a series of “Happenings” in which we restage the one of the scene’s in the film in real spaces. People attend the party like any other event — disconnected. Unbeknownst to the attendees, two dog-like dancers enter the space and conduct the performance, slowly incorporating the guests, inspiring dog-like movements in them. Then, we ascend back into a normal party...leaving the lingering feeling of the most brief, but genuine, connection.
Taking BITCH off the page into real life, Tocaya did the first Intervention in Mexico City in December, 2023: