The Hyperboreans (2024)
- Original title
- Los hiperbóreos
- Directed by
- Joaquín Cociña, Cristobal León
- Genre
- animated film
- Country
- Chile
- Runtime
- 1h 02m
- Rated
- R 18+
- Rating
- 8.2 of 10 from 4 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 woman narrates visions that bring back a controversial Chilean writer known for esoteric beliefs. The film uses stop-motion animation and puppetry to show historical figures as strange creatures from the underworld.
surrealexperimentaldreamlikeunsettlingcontemplativevisually inventivedarkly playful
What happens
The Hyperboreans (Spanish: Los hiperbóreos) is a 2024 Chilean surrealist film co-written, co-edited and directed by Cristóbal León and Joaquín Cociña, combining stop-motion animation, puppetry and live-action footage. It premiered at the 77th Cannes Film Festival in May 2024. Told through a woman's narration and visions, the film resurrects the controversial figure of Miguel Serrano—a Chilean writer known for his esoteric neo-Nazi beliefs—prompting reflection on his historical legacy. Among the characters featured is Jaime Guzmán, a Chilean academic, senator, and politician. Guzmán previously appeared as a central figure in their short film Los huesos, portrayed in a kind of danse macabre. In The Hyperboreans, he returns as a creature from the underworld. Other characters include the aforementioned Miguel Serrano, depicted as a visionary poet, and former Chilean interior minister Andrés Chadwick, portrayed as a melancholic magic elf. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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