2023
The Settlers
Drama, Western
7.0
User Score
102 Votes
Status
Released
Language
es
Budget
$0
Production
Ciné-Sud Promotion, Snowglobe, Quijote Films, MK2 Films, Finite Films, Sophie Dulac Productions, Quiddity Films, Volos Films, Rei Cine, Film i Väst, Sutor Kolonko
Overview
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.
Review
badelf
8.0
This film offers an absolutely brutally honest account of racism and colonialism. Despite my admiration for Scorcese as a filmmaker, Killers of the Flower Moon was a whimpy, white-washed version of exploitation compared to what Felipe Gálvez Haberle and his team delivers in Los Colonos. It's a gripping tale well told.
I also thought cinematographer Simone D'Arcangelo's decisions were fantastic. All of it served to highlight the grim truth of the situation.
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