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Los Muertos

2004 · 78 min

A quiet, immersive drift through humid swamps and long silences, watching a man's opaque journey with patient, unsettling stillness.

Overview
Vargas, a 54 year old man, gets out of jail in the province of Corrientes, Argentina. Once released, he wants to find his now adult daughter, who lives in a swampy and remote area. A deep mystery surrounds him.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • bleakstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 3 of 3
  • eeriestrength 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
  • isolation
  • family
  • memory
  • guilt
  • survival
Places
  • wilderness
  • countryside
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror2
Humour0
Realism9
Romance0
Tension4
Darkness7
Complexity7
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Lisandro Alonso
Written by
Lisandro Alonso
Starring
Argentino Vargas, Francisco Dornez, Yolanda Galarza, Víctor Varela, Francisco Salazar, Hilda Chamorro, Ángel Vera, Javier Lenciza
Music
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Cinematography
Cobi Migliora
Runtime
78 min
Country
Argentina, France, Netherlands
Languages
Spanish, Guarani

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