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Chaco

2017 · 83 min

A quiet, sorrowful documentary that blends animation and testimony into a slow meditation on loss and dispossession.

Directed by
Juan Fernández Gebauer, Ulises de la Orden
Genres
Documentary, Animation, Crime
Overview
"There was a time when carob trees were our founthead of life. When you could serenely see rabbits, armadillos and many other species. The night that the white man appeared the black eagle warned us: 'Danger, Danger'

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Directed by
Juan Fernández Gebauer, Ulises de la Orden
Genres
Documentary, Animation, Crime
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How it feels

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 3 of 3
  • bleakstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • eeriestrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • colonialism
  • nature
  • environment
  • memory
  • survival
Places
  • countryside
  • wilderness
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • animated
  • documentary
  • true story
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror2
Humour1
Realism8
Romance1
Tension5
Darkness7
Complexity6
Emotional weight7

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Genres
documentary, animation, crime, drama
Directed by
Juan Fernández Gebauer, Ulises de la Orden, Ignacio Ragone
Runtime
83 min
Country
Argentina, Bolivia, Paraguay
Languages
Spanish

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