Would you try a drug that allowed you to communicate in another language?
This successful play is inspired by the life of Dr. Timothy Leary, an American psychologist who, convinced of the therapeutic effects of LSD, ends up being expelled from the USA and settles in a hotel in Mexico to continue his experiments.
Tom gathers a group of diverse Americans and Mexicans at what he calls “Hotel Nirvana” to experiment with the drug “Logos,” a substance that enables Americans and Mexicans to communicate perfectly.
But things don’t go as well as Tom hopes. Tensions among the group members threaten the harmony: twins Ileana and Edu have a love-hate relationship; Allen, Tom’s right-hand man and partner, is fed up with his whims; Doris and Harumi are dissatisfied with the experience, and Carlos, an anthropologist specializing in indigenous peoples, has reservations about the drug Tom brings from the United States.
The drug’s properties and its potential for mind control attract governmental interest from various entities. Thus, Dionisio, a Mexican government official, and Nick, a CIA collaborator, begin to investigate the experiment.
Shortly before achieving their research goals, both are ordered to suspend Tom’s experiment. Dionisio wants to continue and tries to talk to the Secretary of the Interior, but they ultimately end up arresting Tom and dissolving the group.
Now without their leader, the members continue exploring new forms of knowledge and self-perception with the vital help of Julián, a local boatman with knowledge of indigenous peoples and nature.
RELEVANT INFORMATION: Juan Villoro is one of Mexico’s most important authors. His novels have sold over a million copies and have been translated into a dozen languages.
Among other accolades, he has received the Herralde Prize and the LIBER Prize for the most outstanding Spanish-American author. He was also awarded the Manuel Vázquez Montalbán International Prize.
The National Theater Company (CNT) of Mexico premiered the play at the National Center for the Arts (Cenart) with great success.
Hotel Nirvana has all the elements to become a film about the effects of living in a commune, in the style of “The Beach.”
What reviews say:
“If Nirvana were a hotel, I would buy timeshare shares to travel two weeks every year.” Jorge F. Hernández, El País.
“A kaleidoscope of characters that converge in therapeutic sessions to embark on an inner journey.” Estela Leñero Franco, Proceso
AUDIOVISUAL POTENTIAL: TV Series, Miniseries, Film, TV Film.
AVAILABLE LANGUAGES: Spanish.
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