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The Settlers

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• Drama
• Crime/detective

• 2023
• Felipe Gálvez Haberle
• 100 mins
• 15

Summary

In Chile in 1901, three horseman are paid to protect a vast estate. Accompanying a British soldier and an American mercenary is a mixed-race sniper, who realizes that his true mission is to kill the indigenous population.

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A star rating of 4 out of 5.

Emma Simmonds

Set in the early 20th century on and around the Chile-Argentina border, this revisionist western from debut director Felipe Gálvez Haberle structures its story around the Selk'nam genocide. Mark Stanley plays Alexander MacLennan, a ruthless Scottish soldier who, on the orders of Spanish businessman José Menéndez (Alfredo Castro), leads a three-man mission to rid his employer's land of its indigenous population. Camilo Arancibia is his mixed-race guide Segundo, who is deeply conflicted by the part he is required to play, while Benjamin Westfall plays an American mercenary, and Sam Spruell steals the show as a deranged English colonel. The Settlers is a brutal, beautifully lensed look at some appalling events, featuring eccentric interludes and unpleasant twists in the tale. Things get dark and disturbing enough to enter horror/thriller territory, with the savagery of the situation fully realised. This is a searing tale of greed, machismo and ethnic cleansing, featuring a fantastic international cast.

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6.9/10

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Cast

rolenameAlexander MacLennanMark StanleyColonel MartinSam SpruellSegundo MolinaCamilo ArancibiaBillBenjamin WestfallJosé MenéndezAlfredo CastroMarcial VicuñaMarcelo AlonsoFrancisco MorenoMariano Llinás

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rolenameDirectorFelipe Gálvez Haberle

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Theatrical distributor

MUBI

Released on

2024-02-09

Languages

English | Spanish

Guidance

Violence, swearing, nudity

Formats

Colour

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