THE SETTLERS

LOS COLONOS

By Felipe GALVEZ

CINEMA INUTILE, INC. - as FIN

Road movie - Completed 2023

1901, Tierra del Fuego, Southern Chile. Mercenaries are sent by the Government to recover the land granted to a Spanish landowner.
"Civilizing" will accompanied by massacres of the natives. An opportunity to rewrite History.

Festivals
& Awards

Cannes 2023
Un Certain Regard
    • Year of production
    • 2023
    • Genres
    • Road movie, Historical, First film
    • Countries
    • CHILE, ARGENTINA, FRANCE, DENMARK, UNITED KINGDOM, TAIWAN, GERMANY
    • Languages
    • ENGLISH, SPANISH-CHILEAN
    • Budget
    • 1 - 3 M$
    • Duration
    • 100 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Felipe GALVEZ
    • Writer(s)
    • Antonia GIRARDI
    • Producer(s)
    • Giancarlo NASI (QUIJOTE FILMS), Benjamín DOMENECHE (Rei Cine ), Thierry LENOUVEL (Cine-Sud ), Katrin PORS (SnowGlobe), Emily MORGAN (Quiddity Films ), Stefano CENTINI (Volos Films), Ingman TROST (Sutor kolonko )
    • Synopsis
    • Chile, end of the 19th century. Three horsemen are hired by a rich landowner to mark out the perimeter of his expansive property.
      The expedition, composed of a young Chilean native, an American mercenary, and led by a reckless British lieutenant, soon turns into a “civilizing” raid.
      In his awaited de´but feature, Felipe Galvez explores a crucial part of Chile’s colonial past in a visually stunning period drama that highlights the difference between truth and history.