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The Land of Silence
The Land of Silence
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THE LAND OF SILENCE

En la estancia

Directed by Carlos Armella
Netherlands, Mexico, 2014
Drama

Synopsis

Jesús Vallejo and his son Juan Diego are the only two inhabitants remaining in the ghost town of La Estancia. Their peace and quiet are altered when a filmmaker arrives to shoot a documentary about the two solitary characters and a very close relationship develops between the three of them.

Synopsis

Jesús Vallejo and his son Juan Diego are the only two inhabitants remaining in the ghost town of La Estancia. Their peace and quiet are altered when a filmmaker arrives to shoot a documentary about the two solitary characters and a very close relationship develops between the three of them.

Our take

Co-produced by Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Carlos Armella’s enigmatic narrative debut languidly strolls through La Estancia, a dusty, deserted town where time stands still. Tales of love and violence haunt the otherworldly ruins, evoking a sense of magical realism that straddles fiction and documentary.