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Embrace of the Serpent
Why this pick
Like Zama, it turns colonial South America into a humid, disorienting psychological landscape, with patient pacing, potent imagery and a searching encounter with imperial power.
A FILM WORTH A CLOSER LOOKTHE FEATURE PRESENTATION
MOVIE2017 1h 55m ARG
IF THIS ONE STAYED WITH YOU
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Zama
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Keep the feeling.
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Jauja
Why this pick
Its nineteenth-century frontier journey shares Zama’s spare, hypnotic tempo and existential absurdity, gradually shifting a colonial quest into something dreamlike and uncanny.
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The Settlers
Why this pick
This austere colonial reckoning pairs stark landscapes with controlled dread and bitter irony, examining how power and violence shape a remote territory.
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Aguirre: The Wrath of God
Why this pick
A river expedition becomes a feverish portrait of imperial delusion, matching Zama’s fascination with bureaucracy, isolation and men unraveling at the edge of empire.
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The Royal Hunt of the Sun
Why this pick
Its stylized, theatrical approach to conquest and its attention to faith, ambition and imperial contradiction make it a fitting companion to Zama’s anti-heroic colonial gaze.
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
In the late 18th century in a remote South American colony, Corregidor (position) Zama's situation deteriorates as he longs for a better assignment from the Spanish Empire.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Matheus Nachtergaele
Vicuña Porto
Juan Minujín
Ventura Prieto
Mariana Nunes
Daniel Giménez Cacho
Don Diego de Zama
Lola Dueñas
Luciana Piñares de Luenga