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Cautiverio feliz

1998 · 82 min

A quiet, contemplative historical drama that asks you to sit with cultural collision and slowly reconsider who is truly civilized.

Directed by
Cristián Sánchez
Genres
Drama
Starring
Juan Pablo Aliaga, Mario Mila, Eusebio Painemal
Overview
A young Hispanic-Creole captain spends six months captive among the Mapuche, learning that the supposed “barbarians” were more human than the “civilized” ones.

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Directed by
Cristián Sánchez
Genres
Drama
Starring
Juan Pablo Aliaga, Mario Mila, Eusebio Painemal
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Tone
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • identity
  • colonialism
  • race
  • power
  • survival
Places
  • countryside
  • wilderness
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror1
Humour2
Realism7
Romance1
Tension4
Darkness5
Complexity6
Emotional weight6

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Genres
drama
Directed by
Cristián Sánchez
Written by
Cristián Sánchez
Starring
Juan Pablo Aliaga, Mario Mila, Eusebio Painemal, Armando Nahuelpán, Carlos Baeza, Ignacio Achurra
Music
Raúl Aliaga
Cinematography
Pedro Micelli
Runtime
82 min
Country
Chile
Languages
Spanish

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