Sorcery
In 1880s Chile, a 13-year-old Indigenous girl seeks supernatural retribution for the murder of her father at the hands of German settlers in this tale of grief and resistance. Sundance 2023.
Director Christopher Murray drew inspiration from a real-life witchcraft trial in his atmospheric decolonial folk horror, set on Chiloé Island. Rosa (a luminous Valentina Véliz Caileo) is a Huilliche girl and Christian convert who works as a servant for a pious German farmer (Sebastian Hülk). When the farmer’s sheep are all mysteriously killed, he blames witchcraft and takes out his rage on Rosa’s father (Francisco Nuñez). Abandoned by the authorities, the stricken girl turns to a gruff Indigenous fisherman and mystic (Daniel Antivilo) for help finding justice. Soon Rosa is pulled into the uncanny world of those who fiercely protect the island with spirit powers. 
- Program Strand
- Features
- Original Title
- Brujeria
- Year
- 2023
- Classification
- Unclassified 18+
- Country
- Chile, Mexico, Germany
- Language
- In Mapuche, Spanish and German with English subtitles
- Director
- Christopher Murray
- Producer
- Juan de Dios Larraín, Pablo Larraín, Rocío Jadue, Nicolás Celis
- Cast
- Daniel Antivilo, Valentina Véliz Caileo, Sebastian Hülk
- Screenwriter
- Christopher Murray, Pablo Paredes
- Cinematographer
- María Secco
- Editor
- Paloma López
- Premiere
- Australian Premiere
- Genre
- Biography, First Nations, Focus on Women, Religion & Belief, Central & South America
- Company Credits
- Sales Agent: The Match Factory
- Official Website
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