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The Penal Colony (1970)

Overview

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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Raúl Ruiz profile
Raúl Ruiz

Director

Cast

Mónica Echeverría profile
Mónica Echeverría

Luis Alarcón profile
Luis Alarcón

Head of state

Aníbal Reyna profile
Aníbal Reyna

Nelson Villagra profile
Nelson Villagra

Mónica Echeverría profile
Mónica Echeverría

Luis Alarcón profile
Luis Alarcón

Head of state

Aníbal Reyna profile
Aníbal Reyna

Nelson Villagra profile
Nelson Villagra

Extra

Release Date

January 1, 1970

Original Language

Spanish

Budget

$0.00

Production Company

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