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Jauja
Jauja
7.3
/10
1,244 Ratings

JAUJA

Directed by Lisandro Alonso
Argentina, Denmark, 2014
Drama

Synopsis

In 19th-century Patagonia, Captain Dinesen is a Danish engineer on a quest to find Jauja, a mythical land of happiness and plenty. He brings his teenage daughter Ingeborg but she falls for and runs away with a young soldier, leaving Gunnar to journey through the hostile environment in search of her.

Synopsis

In 19th-century Patagonia, Captain Dinesen is a Danish engineer on a quest to find Jauja, a mythical land of happiness and plenty. He brings his teenage daughter Ingeborg but she falls for and runs away with a young soldier, leaving Gunnar to journey through the hostile environment in search of her.

Our take

Remarkably bold filmmaking from Argentina’s Lisandro Alonso, the enigmatic Jauja is a postcolonial political allegory rendered in witty shots dazzlingly colored and composed. A film hypnotic and transfixing, minimalist and expressionistic. Starring Viggo Mortensen.