The film begins with a quote from 1910, about Chile - something like: "the inequalities in this vast part of our country come from the past and many are still hapening today. Anyone with eyes can see them." From a book called, sinceridad. Chile íntimo en 1910, by. Alejandro Valdés Canje. The story and characters are fictional but the type of events depicted are unfortunately very common, down to the greenwashing window dressing. This is a messy, heart wrenching story, like reality, and it never turns away from the brutal reality. But some of the main characters are brave, persistent, and inspirational, which is also realistic. Regarding another story, a streaming series, my friend questioned whether a young girl could credibly have suddenly turned the tables on a dangerous adult mistreating her family. I responded with the example of Lana Turner's 14 year old daughter, who in 1958 stabbed to death a 32 year onld gangland enforcer who was abusing her mother. Personally, I have met incrediibly fearless and ferocious indigenous women in Canada, in connection with water and land defense actions.
Review of Sayen
