PÖFF 2016: The Untamed

La región salvaje

Genre

Drama

Director

Amat Escalante

Run time

1h 40min

Young mother Alejandra is a working housewife, raising two boys with husband Angel in a small city. Her brother Fabian works as a nurse in a local hospital. Their provincial lives are upset with the arrival of mysterious Veronica. Sex and love can be fragile in certain regions where strong family values, hypocrisy, homophobia, and male chauvinism exist. Veronica convinces them that in the nearby woods, inside an isolated cabin, dwells something not of this world that could be the answer to all of their problems. Something whose force they cannot resist and with whom they must make peace or suffer its wrath.

Expertly shot and methodically paced, "The Untamed" explores the human psyche: the reptile brain, our primal desires, and our unfortunate predilection for selfdestruction. It also offers a liberating vision of female autonomy. Sensual, erotic, and uncompromisingly weird, "The Untamed" will be difficult to forget. - Diana Sanchez, Toronto film festival.

Genre

Drama

Director

Amat Escalante

Run time

1h 40min

Young mother Alejandra is a working housewife, raising two boys with husband Angel in a small city. Her brother Fabian works as a nurse in a local hospital. Their provincial lives are upset with the arrival of mysterious Veronica. Sex and love can be fragile in certain regions where strong family values, hypocrisy, homophobia, and male chauvinism exist. Veronica convinces them that in the nearby woods, inside an isolated cabin, dwells something not of this world that could be the answer to all of their problems. Something whose force they cannot resist and with whom they must make peace or suffer its wrath.

Expertly shot and methodically paced, "The Untamed" explores the human psyche: the reptile brain, our primal desires, and our unfortunate predilection for selfdestruction. It also offers a liberating vision of female autonomy. Sensual, erotic, and uncompromisingly weird, "The Untamed" will be difficult to forget. - Diana Sanchez, Toronto film festival.

Info

Rating

(none)

Production year

2016

Global distributor

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Local distributor

Pimedate Ööde Filmifestival MTÜ

In cinema

11/12/2016