Falling somewhere between Louisa May Alcotts Little Women and Federico Garcia Lorcas The House of Bernarda Alba, Hunting the Last Wild Man tells the story of Candela and her extended family of nine women. Our protagonist has had her disappointments in love and floats from one job to another, ending up at the local mortuary as an apprentice embalmer. There she can tuck herself away from the everyday hubbub of lifes demands.
Late one night Candela finds she must work on the father of a gypsy clan, who has left instructions that he must be buried with his cane. Her days are changed forever when she discovers that the cane holds more than just the old mans wishes.
With rich images suggestive of an Almdovar film, with emotional depth and intelligence, Vallvey explores the modern womans cynicism, as Candela attempts to integrate an impossibly marvelous stranger into her life.