The Frontier (1991)
- Original title
- La Frontera
- Directed by
- Ricardo Larraín
- Genre
- drama film
- Country
- Chile, Spain
- Runtime
- 2h
- Rated
- 15
- Rating
- 5.9 of 10 from 12 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A man forced to relocate to a remote Chilean border town adjusts to the quiet isolation. He forms tentative connections with the locals as the political tensions of the era simmer in the background.
melancholicslow-burncontemplativelonelyearthyunderstatedsubduedintrospective
What happens
The Frontier (Spanish: La Frontera) is a 1991 Chilean drama film, directed by Ricardo Larraín and starring Patricio Contreras and Gloria Laso. Larraín won the Silver Bear for an outstanding single achievement at the 42nd Berlin International Film Festival. The film was submitted as Chile's entry for the Best Foreign Language Film category at the 64th Academy Awards, but was not nominated. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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