"Sayen" was an all-too familiar story of imperialism as the native tribe of the Mapuce in Chile is exploited by a company coveting the cobalt on ancestral lands in the forest.
The strength of the film was the spectacular photography and the touching character of the grandmother of Sayen. The old woman spoke for the traditional values and the importance of taking a stand against the mining corporation.
A shortcoming was the emphasis on an action film with improbable chase scenes through the forest as Sayen seeks to evade yet desires revenge against the greedy imperialists who are in hot pursuit.
The ending was disappointing in that it never resolved the matter of the ancestral lands for the Mapuche. Nor did it explain whether the journalist José survived his gunshot wound to publicly proclaim the true story of how the grandmother was murdered.
This was only an average film. But there was enormous talent both in the cast and the production team.
The strength of the film was the spectacular photography and the touching character of the grandmother of Sayen. The old woman spoke for the traditional values and the importance of taking a stand against the mining corporation.
A shortcoming was the emphasis on an action film with improbable chase scenes through the forest as Sayen seeks to evade yet desires revenge against the greedy imperialists who are in hot pursuit.
The ending was disappointing in that it never resolved the matter of the ancestral lands for the Mapuche. Nor did it explain whether the journalist José survived his gunshot wound to publicly proclaim the true story of how the grandmother was murdered.
This was only an average film. But there was enormous talent both in the cast and the production team.
