The Penal Colony (1970)

ALL 01/01/1970 (es) Drama 67 Min
  • Release
    01/01/1970
  • Production
    Alcaman
  • Rotten tomato
    50%
  • Original title
    La colonia penal
  • Original language
    es
  • Production Cost
  • 0.00
    -

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.

  1. Raúl Ruiz

    Director

  2. Franz Kafka

    Story

  3. Darío Pulgar

    Producer



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The Penal Colony (1970) 67 Min

ALL 01/01/1970 (es)
Drama
  • Release 01/01/1970
  • Production
    Alcaman
  • Original title La colonia penal
  • es
  • Revenue0.00

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.

  1. Raúl Ruiz

    Director

  2. Franz Kafka

    Story

  3. Carlos Piaggio

    Editor

  4. Darío Pulgar

    Producer