Chile, early 20th century. José Menéndez, a wealthy landowner, hires three horsemen to mark out the perimeter of his extensive property and open a route to the Atlantic Ocean across vast Patagonia.
Cinematography
Patagonia shot like a graveyard pretending to be paradise.
Direction
Gálvez makes colonial violence feel bureaucratic and banal.
Acting
Stanley's British mercenary is chillingly casual evil.
Director
Felipe Gálvez
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The Selk'nam genocide depicted here was so thorough that by 1974, only one native speaker remained alive.
Gálvez specifically cast non-professionals from Patagonia for indigenous roles—some are actual descendants of survivors.
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