Marcos Cabrera

A film composed of archival material and excerpts from an interview conducted in 1999 for the unfinished film “The True Story of Madame L.” After a decade out of the public eye, a group of film students manages to interview the woman who was once the most famous psychic on the Spanish scene. The political fortune teller, the snake charmer, the master of ceremonies, the ultimate charlatan: Madame Lola.

David-Isaías, a charismatic but decadent hoax artist, becomes obsessed with impressing legendary filmmaker Mr. Welles after a drunken romantic encounter with Miss Hayworth, the director's wife. To this end, he visits Welles' studio with his latest creation: The Gizmo, a mysterious brass tube that promises to photograph thoughts.

A film composed of archival material and excerpts from an interview conducted in 1999 for the unfinished film “The True Story of Madame L.” After a decade out of the public eye, a group of film students manages to interview the woman who was once the most famous psychic on the Spanish scene. The political fortune teller, the snake charmer, the master of ceremonies, the ultimate charlatan: Madame Lola.

David-Isaías, a charismatic but decadent hoax artist, becomes obsessed with impressing legendary filmmaker Mr. Welles after a drunken romantic encounter with Miss Hayworth, the director's wife. To this end, he visits Welles' studio with his latest creation: The Gizmo, a mysterious brass tube that promises to photograph thoughts.