Mirubin, the enigmatic masked, stands up against the inefficient justice. He dares to put up against the government, punishing pedophiles. It is a personal war. Does it make Mirubin a criminal? The journalist Amira is determined to uncover the truth behind the mask. The search leads her to doubt whether she is on the right side or not.
Acting
Viviana Rodríguez carries the ethical weight beautifully.
Direction
Tuta's lean 85 minutes wastes nothing.
Director
Martín Tuta
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Talion emerged from Chile's ongoing reckoning with Pinochet-era police corruption and Church abuse scandals, making its vigilante fantasy uncomfortably grounded in real institutional failures.
The title references 'talion law'—eye-for-an-eye justice—yet the film subtly argues that personal revenge and state violence often mirror each other more than victims want to admit.
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