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Sorcery

Brujería

2023

Christopher Murray

Sebastian Hülk, Daniel Antivilo, Valentina Véliz, Daniel Muñoz, Neddiel Muñoz Millalonco

5.7

244

Fantasy. Adventure On the remote island of Chiloé in the late 19th century, an Indigenous girl named Rosa lives and works with her father on a farm. When the foreman brutally turns on Rosa's father, she sets out for justice, seeking help from the king of a powerful organization of sorcerers.

	Media	Author	Review
		Jonathan Holland Screendaily	"There are so many strands that it’s a miracle that Murray can weave anything coherent from them; by using atmospherics as his anchor, the effect is submersive and compelling"
		Phil Hoad The Guardian	"The anticolonial message is clear, but kept subtle and sorrowful, always cloaked in a solemnity emanating primarily from Caileo's watchful performance (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"
		Jessica Kiang Variety	"A sinister and satisfying fable (...) And while the atmospherics are strong, [the] screenplay does not venture too far into the truly uncanny territory that beckons from just beyond the edges of its tightly woven allegory"
		Jacob Oller Paste Magazine	"It only explores a tiny event and squeezes it into a subgenre that removes some of its more fascinating textures. But there’s still so much power in its imagery that it’s more tantalizing than frustrating"
		Jose Solís The Film Stage	"[It] asks timeless questions about the meaning of justice in a world where the oppressed are tried in courts set up by their oppressors"
		Robert Daniels rogerebert.com	"While 'Brujería' is certainly elegantly shot, it often turns to an opaqueness that doesn't engender mystery but a frustrating evasiveness that causes the proceedings to drag"
		Charles Bramesco The Playlist	"On the surface, 'Sorcery' is a revenge film about a girl's desire for vengeance, but below the surface is a gorgeous showcase of misunderstood Indigenous traditions and beliefs"
		Mel Valentin Screen Anarchy	"A deeply felt, empathetic, anti-colonialist, historical drama"

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