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The Settlers
2023·101 min·★ 6.7
DramaWestern
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.
Status
Released
Cast
Camilo Arancibia
Segundo
Heinz K. Krattiger
Samuel
Mark Stanley
MacLennan
Alfredo Castro
Menéndez
Benjamín Westfall
Bill
Agustín Rittano
Ambrosio
Discussion
badelf★ 8/10
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.
