Fitzcarraldo
1982GermanyLanguage: deDirected by Werner Herzog★ 7.6
Available in English: subtitled
Fitzcarraldo is a dreamer who plans to build an opera house in Iquitos, in the Peruvian Amazon, so, in order to finance his project, he embarks on an epic adventure to collect rubber, a very profitable product, in a remote and unexplored region of the rainforest.
Themes and style
Tone
surrealhauntingmelancholicwhimsicalabsurdist
Pacing
slow burnescalatingdreamlike
Story
journeysurvivalunraveling
Emotion
all-consuming lovefiguring out who you arelongingsacrificefeeling powerless
Themes
colonial historyclass and moneycaught between worldspovertycorrupt institutions
Feel
cerebralquietly hauntingdiscussion starterexhaustingrewatchable
Violence
mildWhere to watch
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