The Penal Colony

The Penal Colony (1970)


  • Genre: Drama
  • Release Date: 1970-01-01
  • User Rating: 5/10 from 8 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 7min
  • Language: Español
  • Production Company: Alcaman
  • Production Country: Chile
  • Director: Raúl Ruiz
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Summary

A foreign journalist arrives on a small Pacific island 200 miles off the coast of South America. Once a leper colony, the island was later transformed into a prison and then, under U.N. mandate, made into an independent republic. Yet despite democratic structures, the inhabitants--who speak a strange dialect composed of Spanish and English--still obey the old prison rules. After sending back detailed accounts of the torture and repression seen everywhere, the journalist realizes that she has fallen into the trap created for her by the islanders: lacking natural resources, the island's main export is news.

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  • Mónica Echeverría

    as
  • Luis Alarcón

    as Head of state
  • Aníbal Reyna

    as
  • Nelson Villagra

    as
Directing Raúl Ruiz Director
Writing Franz Kafka Story
Writing Raúl Ruiz Writer
Production Darío Pulgar Producer
Editing Carlos Piaggio Editor
Crew Héctor Ríos Photoscience Manager
Sound Mary Franco Lao Music
Sound Fernando Garcia Sound
Camera Héctor Ríos Director of Photography

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