Some Beasts (2019)
- Original title
- Algunas bestias
- Directed by
- Jorge Riquelme Serrano
- Genre
- drama film, thriller film
- Country
- Chile
- Runtime
- 1h 38m
- Rated
- 18
- Rating
- 4.4 of 10 from 12 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A family arrives on a remote island off southern Chile that has been uninhabited for decades. Strange events and mounting tension begin to unravel their relationships and challenge their survival.
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What happens
Some Beasts (Spanish: Algunas Bestias) is a 2019 Chilean film directed by Jorge Riquelme Serrano, with a script written by Riquelme and Nicolás Diodovich. It was set and filmed in Chaullïn, an island located in southern Chile that was uninhabited for decades. It was the big winner at Toulouse’s 35th Films in Progress, a prix that help to some rigorously selected latinoamerican films finding their way into the post-production stage, Some Beasts won three of the four prizes given by the Festival: the Films in Progress Prize; the Cine Plus Films in Progress Prize and the Distributors and Exhibitors Prize. Starring Paulina García and Alfredo Castro it was premiered in the New Directors section at the San Sebastián International Film Festival 2019, where it won the First Prize. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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