Colonia (2015)

Original title

Colonia Dignidad – Es gibt kein Zurück

Directed by

Florian Gallenberger

Genre

drama film, thriller film

Country

Germany, United Kingdom, France, Luxembourg

Runtime

1h 50m

Rated

R

Rating

7.3 of 10 from 2,002 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young couple is caught up in the aftermath of the 1973 Chilean military coup. The woman is forced to infiltrate a brutal cult run by a German preacher to rescue her partner.

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What happens

Colonia (released in the UK as The Colony) is a 2015 historical thriller film directed by Florian Gallenberger, produced by Benjamin Herrmann, written by Torsten Wenzel and Gallenberger, and starring Emma Watson, Daniel Brühl, and Michael Nyqvist. The film is set against the backdrop of the 1973 Chilean military coup and the Colonia Dignidad, a notorious cult in the South of Chile, led by German lay preacher Paul Schäfer. Colonia is an international co-production of companies in the UK, Germany, Luxembourg, and France. Principal photography began on 2 October 2014 in Luxembourg; filming also took place in Germany and Argentina. Colonia held its world premiere at the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival in the Special Presentations section. The film was released in Germany on 18 February 2016, in the United Kingdom on 1 July 2016, and in France on 20 July 2016. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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