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Thirteen-year-old Rosa works for a German family of colonists. After her father’s gruesome death, she meets Mateo, the sullen leader of an indigenous organisation that uses magic to resist the occupier. When a few colonists go missing, the authorities point the finger at them and several indigenous men are brutally arrested and tortured.
‘Sorcery’ is not a film about witchcraft, but about a real conflict between German colonists and the Huilliche people about 100 years ago. Up until today, this story has a lot of weight in Chile. Helped by the stunning camera work that captures the claustrophobic atmosphere and by the mesmerising music, the director manages to lure the viewer into a world of magic and a search for justice.
- direction
- Christopher Murray
- cast
- Valentina Véliz Caileo, Daniel Antivilo, Sebastian Hülk
- duration
- 100 min
- year
- 2023
- country
- Chile, Mexico, Germany
- language
- Spanish, German
- Subtitles
- Dutch, English
On the surface, 'Sorcery' is a revenge film about a girl’s desire for vengeance, but below the surface is a gorgeous showcase of misunderstood Indigenous traditions and beliefs.