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

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)

Trailer

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