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Patagonia Rising

2012 · 87 min

A patient, quietly indignant documentary that lets vast landscapes and stubborn locals make the case against progress.

Directed by: Brian Lilla
Genres: Adventure, Western, Documentary
Starring: Lalo Romero

Overview: A documentary that chronicles a plan to build five large hydroelectric dams on two of the world's purest free-flowing rivers in Patagonia, Chile.

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Directed by: Brian Lilla
Genres: Adventure, Western, Documentary
Starring: Lalo Romero

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Tone: earneststrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: environment
power
nature
survival
politics
Places: countryside
wilderness
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: documentary
true story
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex none

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Action	2
Horror	0
Humour	1
Realism	9
Romance	0
Tension	5
Darkness	4
Complexity	5
Emotional weight	6

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