Zama
2017 · Movie · Unrated · 115 min · ★ 6.5 · 93% critics
In a remote South American colonial outpost in the late 1700s, a Spanish officer waits endlessly for a transfer that never seems to arrive. As petty power games and daily humiliations pile up, the heat, isolation, and rigid hierarchy push him toward obsession, desire, and creeping paranoia.
Based on Zama
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Streaming on Strand Releasing.
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Details
- Years
- 2017
- Release date
- 2017-09-28
- Language
- Spanish
- Rated
- Unrated
- Runtime
- 115 min
- Critic score
- 93/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.5/10 (177 votes)
- Box office
- $540,000
- Budget
- $3,200,000
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you want a strange, slow-burn period drama about power and unraveling under pressure, with an uneasy, hypnotic mood; Not for you if you need clear plot momentum or easy answers, like in Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy.
Pros: immersive colonial atmosphere; darkly absurd tension; strong performances | Cons: very slow pace; sometimes confusing story; unsettling, harsh themes
Themes
- woman director
Awards & recognition
- International Submission to the Academy Awards · 2018 · nominated
Cast & crew
Daniel Giménez Cacho
as Don Diego de Zama
Lola Dueñas
as Luciana Piñares de Luenga
Matheus Nachtergaele
as Vicuña Porto / Gaspar Toledo
Juan Minujín
as Ventura Prieto
Nahuel Cano
as Manuel Fernández
Mariana Nunes
as Malemba
Carlos Defeo
as El Oriental
Rafael Spregelburd
as Capitán Hipólito Parrilla
Daniel Veronese
as Gobernador II
Germán de Silva
as Indalecio
Directed by Lucrecia Martel