In Chile in 1901, three horseman are paid to protect a vast estate. Accompanying a British soldier and an American mercenary is a mixed-race sniper, who realizes that his true miss...
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★★★★★
The film is not bad, but the poverty and suffering of a people and natives are shown in a very gentle way and everything seems poetic, without any particular fervor. I gave 7, because of the other things, especially because of photography, but all together it...
★★★★★
The Settlers is an aesthetically gorgeous looking movie with beautiful camerawork, colorful production, and interesting themes about colonialism and the brutality between people. Unfortunately, despite the good intentions of what the filmmaker is seeking, the...
★★★★★
This revisionist western from Chile is a bleak and alarming tale which is based on the very real racism of colonialism, which targeted the indigenous people of that area circa 1900. The story is pretty simple and has a land baron send three men to clear the wa...
★★★★★
A beautiful film about the ugliness of humanity and its inherent exploratory instinct.
This, for me, is one of the most beautiful films of the decade, Simone D'Arcangelo's photography is sublime and captures in a mesmerizing way the poetry and melancholy of s...
★★★★★
Watching The Settlers is a grueling, almost physical challenge. Some of the scenes are so disturbing, and presented with such unflinching realism, that it is impossible not to look away at times.
The presentation of the horror of the genocide in Chile, and th...
