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Some Beasts (2020)
Director: Jorge Riquelme Serrano
Cast: Paulina García, Alfredo Castro, Andrew Bargsted, Gastón Salgado
Runtime92 min
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A family travels to a remote island in southern Chile. During the trip they try to convince the grandparents to support them financially to build a hotel in the place. Nicolás, the man who crossed them disappears, leaving the family trapped on the island, the smiles begin to disappear. With cold, without water and without certainties, tempers are diluted, exposing the tensions that each member of the family hides.
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Fans of moody, slow-burn thrillers directed by Jorge Riquelme Serrano will appreciate the tense, claustrophobic atmosphere and strong performances from actors like Paulina García in this 2020 drama about a family's darkening dynamics while stranded on a remote island.
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Some Beasts is a 2019 Chilean film directed by Jorge Riquelme Serrano, with a script written by Riquelme and Nicolás Diodovich. It was set and filmed in Chaullïn, an island located in southern Chile that was uninhabited for decades. It was the big winner at Toulouse’s 35th Films in Progress, a prix that help to some rigorously selected latinoamerican films finding their way into the post-production stage, Some Beasts won three of the four prizes given by the Festival: the Films in Progress Prize; the Cine Plus Films in Progress Prize and the Distributors and Exhibitors Prize. Starring Paulina García and Alfredo Castro it was premiered in the New Directors section at the San Sebastián International Film Festival 2019, where it won the First Prize.
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