The prolific Japanese writer and director Sion Sono, ‘Bacurau’ co-director Kleber Mendonça Filho, ‘Evolution’ helmer Lucile Hadzihalilovic, ‘The Wild Boys’ director Bertrand Mandico, and the duo of Helene Cattet and Bruno Forzani (‘Let the Corpses Tan’) have teamed together for a film that features five poetic visions of sexual ecstasy.

With the title of ‘Shining Sex’, Screen Daily reports it is part of the sales slate for Wild Bunch for the upcoming Cannes market. While not all details are revealed quite yet, they do note that storylines include “a young man who falls in love with a mermaid” and “lovers who abandon themselves to sensual pleasure in a dance hall in Brazil,” presumably the latter by Mendonça Filho.

Sion Sono is a Japanese director, writer, and poet. Born in Aichi Prefecture in 1961 he started his career working as a poet before taking his first steps in film directing. As a student, he shot a series of short films in Super 8 and managed to make his first feature films in the late 80s and early 90s, in which he also starred. Sono’s films in most cases contain scenes filled with graphic violence and blood that echo the long pinku eiga and anime tradition of Japanese cinema. As a trademark, he is mainly using handheld cameras in his films, the main characters of his films are often teenagers.

I try not to listen to any of the feedback for each of my films – I close my ears to it. I don’t want to be swayed by that. I’m always thinking, “I just make the films I want to make. Shut up!”

Considering much of the world spent the last period confined to their homes and not able to experience intimate human connection, an anthology about sexual pleasure may just be what the doctor ordered and hopefully, we’ll see it premiere soon.

As we await more steamy details, check out our recent interviews with Sion Sono and Kleber Mendonça Filho, along with a trailer for Sono’s latest (anti-)erotic adventure.

Images: ‘Antiporno’ (2016)