Jauja
International Arthouse
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1h 50m
Directed by Lisandro Alonso | 110 mins | 2014
Viggo Mortensen stars as a Danish engineer who joins the Argentine army at the very ends of the Earth in the 1800s. When his daughter elopes with a soldier, Mortensen’s mercenary heads into the harsh wilderness on a search, which director Alonso renders with his customary ardor for the unknown. Gorgeously filmed in an unusual rounded-square frame, like a color snapshot set in motion.
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