The Penal Colony (1970)

Original title

La colonia penal

Directed by

Raúl Ruiz

Genre

drama film

Country

Chile

Runtime

1h 15m

Rating

5.3 of 10 from 9 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A visitor comes to a remote penal colony where an officer demonstrates a complex torture and execution machine. The officer insists the machine is just and necessary, but the visitor questions its morality. The film explores the nature of justice and punishment.

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What happens

The Penal Colony (Spanish: La colonia penal) is a 1970 Chilean drama film directed by Raúl Ruiz. It is based on Franz Kafka's 1919 short story "In the Penal Colony". (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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