The Settlers by Felipe Gálvez
Three South American films—from Argentina Brazil, and Chile—will have their world premiere in the Un Certain Regard competition at the 76th edition of the Cannes Film Festival: the The Delinquents / Los delincuentes by Rodrigo Moreno, The Settlers / Los colonos, the debut feature by Felipe Gálvez; and Crowrã / The Buriti Flower by the directorial duo of João Salaviza & Renée Nader Messora.
Starring Margarita Molfino, Esteban Bigliardi, Cecilia Rainero, Moreno’s The Deliquents follows two bank employees, Román and Morán, who question their routines and their daily lives. One of them finds a solution: commit a crime. Somehow, he succeeds and extends his fate to his partner. This leads them to make a big change in their lives in the hope of a better existence.
Set in the beginning of the 20th century, the historical drama The Settlers is the story of an English lieutenant and an American mercenary who are hired by a rancher in the Chilean Patagonia They are joined by Segundo, a mestizo Chilean who becomes an unwitting accomplice in a violent manhunt of Indigenous people.
In The Buriti Flower, Patpro will travel through three eras in the history of his Indigenous people, in the heart of the Brazilian forest, through his child's eyes. Tirelessly persecuted, but guided by their ancestral rites, their love of nature and their fight to preserve their freedom, the Krahô are constantly inventing new forms of resistance.
The 76th edition of the Cannes Film Festival is taking place May 16-27.
