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White on White

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At the dawn of the twentieth century, Pedro arrives in Tierra del Fuego, a violent and hostile territory, to immortalize the marriage of a powerful landowner. Fascinated with the bride-to-be's beauty, he betrays the rules and is left to face a land crawling with violence and marked by the genocide of its indigenous inhabitants.
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Tim Cogshell FilmWeek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles) This is a very strong film; very powerful. Dec 24, 2021 Full Review Carlos Aguilar Los Angeles Times In "White on White," what permeates is a merited sense of dread, by design too starkly impenetrable on emotional grounds, but direct in its fierce thematic intent. Dec 10, 2021 Full Review Guy Lodge Variety The rare film that actively interrogates its own considerable visual beauty, inviting the viewer to consider what is being aestheticized and why. Dec 7, 2021 Full Review Ally Ham Video Librarian Magazine Cruelty brims just under the surface—or more accurately, just outside of the frame—in this period drama indicting the brutality of South America’s European colonizers. Rated: 4/5 Aug 6, 2024 Full Review Rosa Parra Latinx Lens Not an easy watch. But history isn't always pretty. It has a memorable and uncomfortable ending. Rated: 4/5 Jan 25, 2022 Full Review Dennis Harvey 48 Hills Theo Court's second feature (and first since 2010) may strike some as too slow, formal and mannered, but its vision of "civilization" at bloody work is chillingly distinctive. Dec 17, 2021 Full Review Read all reviews

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Audience Member Here's a film that makes you do the work. The exceptional composition, barren landscape, and perspective of the photographers viewpoint make for an exciting buildup. One that addresses genocide and colonization from the lens of an artist, also forced to assimilate. Rather than scold the viewer, this film invites us into a snap shot of brutality, sexism, and violence of the 19 century. With the discomfort, we observe the objectification of a child ( bride to be), and experience these captives nightmarish plight through the selkman women with no voice, Mr Porters female servant, the photographers character evolution, and the selkman guide's painful role. A film that invites us to ask the question, what has changed, and how we can make film to further question our privilege viewpoint? I cant wait to see this masterful first time directors second feature. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/03/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis At the dawn of the twentieth century, Pedro arrives in Tierra del Fuego, a violent and hostile territory, to immortalize the marriage of a powerful landowner. Fascinated with the bride-to-be's beauty, he betrays the rules and is left to face a land crawling with violence and marked by the genocide of its indigenous inhabitants.
Director
Theo Court
Producer
Eva Chillón, Giancarlo Nasi, Jose Angel Alayon, Marina Alberti
Screenwriter
Theo Court, Samuel Martín Delgado
Distributor
Outsider Pictures
Production Co
El Viaje Films, Pomme Hurlante Films, Don Quijote Films
Genre
Drama
Original Language
Spanish
Release Date (Theaters)
Dec 10, 2021, Limited
Runtime
1h 40m
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