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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 (LAist) 12/24/2021
This is a very strong film; very powerful. Go to Full Review
Carlos Aguilar Los Angeles Times 12/10/2021
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. Go to Full Review
Guy Lodge Variety 12/07/2021
The rare film that actively interrogates its own considerable visual beauty, inviting the viewer to consider what is being aestheticized and why. Go to Full Review
Ally Ham Video Librarian Magazine 08/06/2024
4/5
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. Go to Full Review
Rosa Parra Latinx Lens 01/25/2022
4/5
Not an easy watch. But history isn't always pretty. It has a memorable and uncomfortable ending. Go to Full Review
Dennis Harvey 48 Hills 12/17/2021
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. Go to Full Review
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07/05/2021 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. See more 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
Don Quijote Films, Pomme Hurlante Films, El Viaje Films
Genre
Drama
Original Language
Spanish
Release Date (Theaters)
Dec 10, 2021, Limited
Runtime
1h 40m
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