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The Settlers
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16,985 Ratings

Synopsis

Chile, 1901. Three horsemen embark on an expedition, tasked with securing a wealthy landowner’s vast property. Accompanying a British lieutenant and an American mercenary is mestizo marksman Segundo, who comes to realize their true mission is to violently “remove” the indigenous population.

Our take

Writer-director Felipe Gálvez emerges as a startling new voice in Latin American cinema with this searing revisionist western. Capturing majestic landscapes with a painterly eye, Chile’s official Oscar® entry is a singularly immersive reckoning with national myth-making and its attendant violence.