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They Carry Death (2021)

They Carry Death poster
Original title
Eles Transportan a Morte
Directed by
Samuel M. Delgado
Genre
drama film
Country
Colombia, Spain
Runtime
1h 15m
Rating
3.6 of 10 from 5 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

Three sailors land on a Caribbean island in the early 1500s. They meet a woman accused of witchcraft and must decide her fate.

slow-burnmeditativeatmosphericbleakcontemplativevisually sparsehauntinghistorical

What happens

They Carry Death (Galician: Eles transportan a morte) is a 2021 Spanish-Colombian drama film written and directed by Helena Girón and Samuel M. Delgado, at their feature film debut. It is inspired by Silvia Federici's essay Caliban and the Witch: Women, Body and Primitive Accumulation. The film premiered at the 78th edition of the Venice Film Festival, in the Venice International Critics' Week sidebar. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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