White on White

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White on White

2021

1h 40m

Drama

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22 Reviews

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Fewer than 50 Ratings

At the dawn of the twentieth century, Pedro arrives in Tierra del Fuego, a violent and hostile territory, to immortalize the marriage of a powerful landowner. Fascinated with the bride-to-be's beauty, he betrays the rules and is left to face a land crawling with violence and marked by the genocide of its indigenous inhabitants.

Tim Cogshell

FilmWeek (LAist)

12/24/2021

This is a very strong film; very powerful.

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Carlos Aguilar

Los Angeles Times

12/10/2021

In "White on White," what permeates is a merited sense of dread, by design too starkly impenetrable on emotional grounds, but direct in its fierce thematic intent.

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Guy Lodge

Variety

12/07/2021

The rare film that actively interrogates its own considerable visual beauty, inviting the viewer to consider what is being aestheticized and why.

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Ally Ham

Video Librarian Magazine

08/06/2024

4/5

Cruelty brims just under the surface—or more accurately, just outside of the frame—in this period drama indicting the brutality of South America’s European colonizers.

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Rosa Parra

Latinx Lens

01/25/2022

4/5

Not an easy watch. But history isn't always pretty. It has a memorable and uncomfortable ending.

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Dennis Harvey

48 Hills

12/17/2021

Theo Court's second feature (and first since 2010) may strike some as too slow, formal and mannered, but its vision of "civilization" at bloody work is chillingly distinctive.

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07/05/2021

Here's a film that makes you do the work. The exceptional composition, barren landscape, and perspective of the photographers viewpoint make for an exciting buildup. One that addresses genocide and colonization from the lens of an artist, also forced to assimilate. Rather than scold the viewer, this film invites us into a snap shot of brutality, sexism, and violence of the 19 century. With the discomfort, we observe the objectification of a child ( bride to be), and experience these captives nightmarish plight through the selkman women with no voice, Mr Porters female servant, the photographers character evolution, and the selkman guide's painful role. A film that invites us to ask the question, what has changed, and how we can make film to further question our privilege viewpoint? I cant wait to see this masterful first time directors second feature.

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Synopsis

At the dawn of the twentieth century, Pedro arrives in Tierra del Fuego, a violent and hostile territory, to immortalize the marriage of a powerful landowner. Fascinated with the bride-to-be's beauty, he betrays the rules and is left to face a land crawling with violence and marked by the genocide of its indigenous inhabitants.

Director: Theo Court
Producer: Eva Chillón, Giancarlo Nasi, Jose Angel Alayon, Marina Alberti
Screenwriter: Theo Court, Samuel Martín Delgado
Distributor: Outsider Pictures
Production Co: Don Quijote Films, Pomme Hurlante Films, El Viaje Films
Genre: Drama
Original Language: Spanish
Release Date (Theaters): Dec 10, 2021, Limited
Runtime: 1h 40m