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Los Colonos (2023)

Drama | 97 minutes
3,20 62 votes

Genre: Drama / Western

Duration: 97 minuten

Alternative title: The Settlers

Country: Chili / Argentina / United Kingdom / Taiwan / Germany / Sweden / France / Denmark

Directed by: Félipe Galvez

Stars: Sam Spruell, Benjamín Westfall and Camilo Arancibia

IMDb score: 6,9 (6.576)

Releasedate: 22 May 2023

Los Colonos plot

At the end of the nineteenth century, sheep farmers thrive in Patagonia. The British soldier Maclenan sets out with the American mercenary Bill and the Chilean Segundo to claim the land that was allocated to José Menendez by the state. The initially administrative issue degenerates into a violent hunt for the indigenous people. Decades later, Segundo tries to come to terms with himself.

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De filosoof

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The film is pleasantly atmospheric and raw, but the story is not that much and is mainly used to draw attention to the racism and murderous cowboy mentality of the settlers that led to the genocide of the native Indians around 1900 in the inhospitable south from Chile/Argentina. The last part is the best: an intellectual from the capital seeks unity in the name of nationalism, i.e. reconciliation between the Chileans, colonists and the Indians, but the wounds are still deep among the Indians and the unity sought is mainly aesthetic.

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mrklm

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Chilean western with effectively used, beautiful images of the landscape on Tierra Del Fuego and a well-directed skirmish in dense fog. Furthermore, this is preachy and extremely slow. It concerns a Scottish captain in the English army [Mark Stanley], his native guide Francisco [Mariano Llinás] and an American mercenary [Benjamin Westfall] who have to find a safe way to the coast and the land for landowner José Menéndez [Alfred Castro]. claim awarded to Menéndez.

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hvdriel

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- We go for the aesthetics.

- What aesthetic?

- When wool is stained with blood, it has become worthless.

The dialogue could be the message of this remarkable debut film about Chile's bloody, colonial past, in which Indians stand in the way of the landowners. Filmed raw in terms of color and lighting, and not too many images. Yet everything becomes clear with music that ironizes rather than underlines.

The film is about Chile, but feel free to include other countries with a colonial past.

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