The Settlers

Released Jan 12

1 hr. 37 min.

Crime

Drama

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

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As harrowing as it is humane, The Settlers serves as a sharp-edged excavation of long-marginalized history.

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Laura C

Hard to watch but important to see and understand this history. Beautifully filmed. Man's inhumanity to man continues to astound.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

03/22/24

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Vicente C

An absolute banger of a western. Not only entertaining, but also deeply thought-provoking and thoroughly disturbing.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

03/07/24

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Stephen H

The film was beautiful to look at and was well acted, but I just couldn't pick out any real theme or message from it. The tension and violence just seemed to lead to... nothing.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

02/19/24

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AngÃ©lica B

Puro wéstern de medio oeste

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/24/24

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Leticia q

I don't have a realistic chance to watch this movie😕🧐

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

01/24/24

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Angie J

Una película interesante en el océano.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/23/24

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Felipe Gálvez Haberle

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Sam Spruell

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Alfredo Castro

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Mariano Llinás

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Marcelo Alonso

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Benjamin Westfall

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Tara Brady

Irish Times

The writer-director and his cinematographer, Simone D’Arcangelo, evoke spaghetti westerns with wide-angle vistas of forbidding horizons. Odd moments of Quentin Tarantino-style playfulness add to the unease.

Rated: 4/5

Feb 24, 2024

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Jonathan Romney

Financial Times

At its strongest, though, The Settlers is unsettling indeed, not least thanks to the complementary performances of Arancibia, British TV regular Stanley, and Alfredo Castro...

Rated: 3/5

Feb 8, 2024

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David Jenkins

Little White Lies

Lacks for a dramatic centre, but all the constituent parts are worthwhile.

Rated: 3/5

Feb 8, 2024

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Filipe Freitas

Always Good Movies

Evokes the spirit of classic westerns, here infused with shades of Herzog and Jodorowsky’s filmmaking styles.

Rated: 3.5/5

Apr 18, 2024

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Petr Navovy

Pajiba

Its relatively brief running time and patient pace combined with spare, subtle character work give it the feel of a parable or folk tale, even as it confronts the horrors of imperial subjugation with, at times, nearly unbearably frank realism.

Apr 10, 2024

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Rohan Naahar

The Indian Express

A queasy companion piece to Killers of the Flower Moon and The Zone of Interest; a harrowing revisionist western unpacks the moral compromises involved in the Birth of a Nation.

Apr 7, 2024

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Synopsis

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

Director: Felipe Gálvez Haberle
Screenwriter: Felipe Gálvez Haberle, Antonia Girardi
Distributor: MUBI
Production Co: Quijote Films, Rei Cine, Snowglobe, Quiddity Films, Sutor Kolonko, Volos Films Ltd., Cine Sud Promotion
Genre: Crime, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jan 12, 2024, Limited
Box Office (Gross USA): $49.6K

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