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 […]
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 […]