Arthouse streamerMubi has chosen Felipe Gálvez’s Chilean revisionist westernThe Settlers Available in North America and multiple international territories including UK, Latin America, Turkey, German-speaking Europe, Italy , a Benelux film a day after its premiere in Un Certain Regard at Cannes. Mubi plans to release the film in the US and UK, as well as selected other international territories.
against the background of the early th-century Chile, The Settlers revolves around a wealthy landowner trying to set the boundaries of his vast estate and carve out a route to the Atlantic across the vast Patagonian region. Accompanied by a young Chilean mulatto, an American mercenary and a brave British lieutenant, the expedition takes an unexpected turn and turns into a “civilized” assault on the natives.
In our 1235481972 movie review , The Hollywood reporter called The Settlers a “provocative look at Chile’s colonial history”.
Mubi acquired the film from mk2, the French group responsible for international sales.
The Settlers cast includes Mark Stanley, Camillo Arancibe Benjamin Westphal, Alfredo Castro, Mishell Guaña, Agustín Rittano, Mariano Llinás, Sam Spruell, Adriana Stuven, Luis Machín and Marcelo Alonso. Gálvez co-wrote the film’s screenplay with Antonia Girardi and Mariano Llinás. The film is produced by Giancarlo Nasi, Benjamín Domenech, Santiago Gallelli, Matías Roveda, Emily Morgan, Thierry Lenouvel and Stefano Centini.
Produced by Cinema Inutile (USA), and produced by Quijote Films (Chile), Rei Cine (Argentina), Quiddity Films (UK) and Volos Films (Taiwan), The Settlers is a co-production with Cine Sud Promotion (France), Snowglobe (Denmark), Film I Väst (Sweden) and Sutor Kolonko (Germany), and With additional support from Finite Films (UK), mk2 Films (France) and Dulac Distribution (France). 1235481972
