Colonia

2015
R
1h 50m

IMDb RATING

7.0/10

58K

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Daniel Brühl, Michael Nyqvist, and Emma Watson in Colonia (2015)

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A young woman's desperate search for her abducted boyfriend draws her into the infamous Colonia Dignidad, a sect nobody has ever escaped from.A young woman's desperate search for her abducted boyfriend draws her into the infamous Colonia Dignidad, a sect nobody has ever escaped from.A young woman's desperate search for her abducted boyfriend draws her into the infamous Colonia Dignidad, a sect nobody has ever escaped from.

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IMDb RATING

7.0/10

58K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 1 win & 14 nominations

Trivia
Emma Watson visited Villa Baviera (former Colonia Dignidad) in September 2014. Though the media initially thought she was on vacation, they later found she was doing research for her role.

Goofs
When Lena and Daniel are driven to the airport near the end of the movie several large buildings show multiple Satelite-Dishes on their roofs - private sat-receivers were not in use in the seventies.

Quotes
Paul Schäfer: Anyone can torture, but to break a person without harming physically, that's an art.

Connections
Featured in Die Sekte der Folterer (2016)

Soundtracks
Ain't No Sunshine
Written by Bill Withers
Performed by Bill Withers
© Interios Music Corp.
Courtesy of Universal/MCA Music Publishing GmbH
Originally released 1971.
All rights reserved by Columbia Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Courtesy of Sony Music Entertainment Germany GmbH

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Featured review

9/10

Not a mere thriller, but a movie with contents

I've been to the premiere at the Film Festival in Zurich and I was moved by the movie, not because of the love story, but because of the irrefutable truth. The movie left me thinking and researching about its topic: Colognia Dignidad, a cult in Santiago de Chile. It conjures many ethical questions and portrays what humanity is capable of. The movie grips and doesn't let go of you till the end. The contents is real, except for the love story that forms the golden thread. One has to imagine that the movie portrays the life and the ways of Colognia Dignidad almost like a documentary without felt exaggeration, but it is still a movie with a story. Superb acting by Emma Watson and Daniel Brühl made the movie an even more intense experience. The only criticism I can make is that the love story is average in comparison to the rest. I believe that the characters actions don't always make much sense. All in all, it's one of the best movies I've seen this year and cannot be compared with the commercial films normally shown in cinemas.