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Sorcery

Horizons 2023 / Brujería / Chile, Mexico, Germany 2022

Sorcery Sorcery

Synopsis

Chiloé Island off the southern coast of Chile, late 19th century. A 13-year-old indigenous girl named Rosa (the phenomenal Valentina Véliz Caileo) is forced to witness a German colonist brutally attacking her father. This story of the revenge of an aggrieved daughter, who renounces her Christian upbringing and strays towards a cult of her ancestors propagating witchcraft and rebellion, enjoyed a huge reception during its world premiere at Sundance this year. Christopher Murray provided one of the most rousing experiences of the festival; his mesmeric spectacle is, at the same time, an intriguing commentary on the folly of colonising aggressors, who chance upon the magic-infused bond between the original inhabitants and their natural surroundings.

Karel Och

About the film

101 min / Color, DCP

Director Christopher Murray / Screenplay Christopher Murray, Pablo Paredes / Dir. of Photography María Secco / Sound Juan Carlos Maldonado / Editor Paloma López / Art Director Patricia Pardo / Producer Juan de Dios Larraín, Pablo Larraín, Rocío Jadue, Nicolás Celis / Production Fabula / Coproduction Match Factory Productions, Pimienta Films / Cast Valentina Véliz Caileo, Daniel Antivilo, Sebastian Hülk, Daniel Muñoz / Sales The Match Factory

About the director

Christopher Murray

Christopher Murray (1985, Santiago, Chile). Filmography: Manuel de Ribera (2010), Propaganda (2014, doc.), The Blind Christ (El Cristo ciego, 2016), Dios (2019, doc.), Sorcery (Brujería, 2022). 

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The Match Factory
Domstrasse 60, 50668, Cologne
Germany
Phone: +49 221 539 7090
E-mail: [email protected]

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Christopher Murray
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