The Colony, 2015. Directed by Florian Gallenberger. Starring Daniel Brühl, Emma Watson, Richenda Carey, Vicky Krieps, Michael Nyqvist, Jeanne Werner, Martin Wuttke and August Zirner. SYNOPSIS: After the 1973 Chilean coup d’état against President Salvador Allende, a young German political activist is kidnapped, and deported to the sealed-off hamlet ‘Colonia Dignidad.’ His wife voluntarily enters the […]
Interview – Director Florian Gallenberger talks The Colony
The Colony is an edge of your seat thriller set against the backdrop of the infamous Colonia Dignidad in Chile during the 1970’s (check out our review here). The atrocities surrounding the Colonia have been well-documented in the past, but thanks to director Florian Gallenberger’s film, new evidence has come to light which might just see […]
Edinburgh International Film Festival Review – The Colony (2016)
Colonia (a.k.a. The Colony), 2015. Directed by Florian Gallenberger. Starring Emma Watson, Michael Nyqvist, Daniel Bruhl, Richenda Carey, Vicky Krieps, Jeanne Werner and Julian Ovenden. SYNOPSIS: A young woman’s desperate search for her abducted boyfriend that draws her into the infamous Colonia Dignidad, a sect nobody has ever escaped from. Every true artist sets out to make […]
International poster and trailer for Colonia starring Daniel Bruhl and Emma Watson
A new trailer has arrived online for director Florian Gallenberger’s upcoming thriller Colonia, along wih an international poster featuring Daniel Bruhl, Emma Watson and Michael Nyqvist. Check them out below… Colonia tells the story of Lena and Daniel, a young couple who become entangled in the Chilean military coup of 1973. Daniel is abducted by […]