Hidden Currents

A slow, somber puzzle of memory and state violence, watching feels like combing a haunted house for truths buried in dust and film.

Directed by

Cristián Sánchez

Starring

Bárbara Saavedra, Felipe Corrales, Eugenio Barruel

Overview

Annelie, an anthropologist dedicated to mortuary rites, investigates her grandfather's suicide during the dictatorship. In a mansion that was once a production facility and later a torture center, she joins forces with a journalist and a mathematician to search for a fragment of film that her grandfather hid, which documents a crime.

How it feels

Dark, melancholic, tense and eerie. Slow-burning and demanding.

About

Memory, guilt, death, politics

Content

Strong violence. Mild gore, sexual content and language.

Note

Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown

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